Miracle of the Rose

One of the greatest achievements of modern literature.Richard HowardA major achievement . . . . Genet transforms experiences of degradation into spiritual exercises and hoodlums into bearers of the majesty of love.Saturday ReviewGenet can use a brutal phraseology that makes prison life specific and immediate. Yet through his singular sensibility, these elements are transmuted into something fragile, rare, beautiful.The New York TimesThis book recreates for the reader Genets magic world, one of dazzling beauty charged with novelty and excitement.Bettina KnappGenet would have deserved international standing for this novel alone. . . . He succeeds to an amazing degree in creating poetry from the profoundest degradation.The Times (London)