{"product_id":"the-balcony-by-jean-genet","title":"'The Balcony' by Jean Genet","description":"\u003ch4\u003eSet largely inside a brothel during a revolution, \u003cem\u003eThe Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e follows clients acting out elaborate fantasies as judges, bishops and generals while everything around them crumbles.  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst staged in the 1950s, \u003cem\u003eThe Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e sits somewhere between political theatre, ritual, farce and nightmare. Genet is less interested in revolution as a clean transfer of power than in the images through which power makes itself believable — uniforms, ceremonies, titles, punishment, spectacle. The brothel becomes a miniature state, then perhaps the state reveals itself as another brothel. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe joke, if it can be called that, is vicious: authority survives partly because people know how to reproduce its gestures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1991 Faber edition uses the translation by Barbara Wright and Terry Hands and includes Genet’s notes on the performance of the play. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition \/ condition: Faber and Faber, London, 1991. Paperback. Translation by Barbara Wright and Terry Hands, first published in this form in 1991. Includes Genet’s \u003cem\u003eHow to Perform The Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) and \u003cem\u003eNote\u003c\/em\u003e (1960). Light shelf wear and handling to covers, with minor age toning; internally clean and firmly bound. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46168037851219,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/novels_novellas_47.png?v=1788660315","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-balcony-by-jean-genet","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}