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Original title Pompes funèbres Language French Published in English 1953 Genre Novel Published in english 1953 | 4.1/5 Goodreads Translator Bernard Frechtman Publication date 1948 Originally published 1948 Preceded by The Miracle of the Rose Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Marc Barbezat - L'Arbalete (Original French), Grove Press (English Translation) Jean Genet books The Miracle of the Rose, Querelle of Brest, The Thief's Journal, Our Lady of the Flowers, Prisoner of Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funeral Rites (Pompes funèbres) is a 1948 novel by Jean Genet. It is a story of love and betrayal across political divides, written this time for the narrator's lover, Jean Decarnin, killed by the Germans in World War II.
The first edition was limited to 1,500 copies; in 1953 the text was revised by Gallimard, excising some possibly offensive passages, which became the basis for the 1953 English translation by Frechtman.
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