Saint Genet

by Jean-Paul Sartre

Books that mention Saint Genet (3)

• Babel Tower by A. S. Byatt: “'like Jean-Paul Sartre's Saint Genet, in his book of that name' — an expert witness compares Jude Mason to Genet.”
• Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag: Discussed at length in Sontag's own essay on Sartre's book.
• Notes on Camp by Susan Sontag: “Sartre's gloss on this in Saint Genet is: 'Elegance is the quality of conduct which transforms the greatest amount of being into appearing.'”