Saturday, November 13, 2021
Death addicted, the poet reconstructs the spirituality of death
JEAN GENET, MORTIFEROUS GENIUS
https://jacquescoulardeau.medium.com/jean-genet-mortiferous-genius-a7f6f93d6a1
A collection of poems known asf Le Condamné à Mort. Jean Genet is in love with death row characters who will be executed soon or deported to forced labor camps in Guyana to die there of exhaustion or malaria. His fascination for death is strikingly spiritual, but love is such a monstrous being, no one will be surprised by this poetic addiction.