Genet, de Yukio Mishima, seguido de O Condenado À Morte, de Jean Genet

by Yukio Mishima, Jean Genet

Genres: French Literature, Queer

56 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫) was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944 and he established himself as a major author with Confessions of a Mask (1949). From then until his death he continued to publish novels, short stories, and plays each year. His crowning achievement, the Sea of Fertility tetralogy—which contains the novels Spring Snow (1969), Runaway Horses (1969), The Temple of Dawn (1970), and The Decay of the Angel (1971)—is considered one of the definitive works of twentieth-century Japanese fiction. In 1970, at the age of forty-five and the day after completing the last novel in the Fertility series, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide)—a spectacular death that attracted worldwide attention.

Reviews

[Luís · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yukio Mishima is the author of "Genet," a work that explores the life and work of the French writer Jean Genet. Mishima, a renowned Japanese writer, analyzes Genet's work, drawing parallels with his own experience and worldview. The book also includes Genet's essay, "The Condemned to Death."
"The Condemned to Death" is a poem by Jean Genet, written in prison and inspired by the execution of Maurice Pilorge, a young murderer. The work, considered an erotic ode, explores themes such as death, beauty, and the relationship between the condemned man and society.

[Adriana Scarpin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quanto ao curto texto de Mishima, este pinta Genet como um anti-Proust, logo em seguida temos o primeiro e belo poema de Genet escrito quando esteve preso em homenagem a um amante condenado à morte.

“Adora de joelhos o meu torso tatuado, como um totem sagrado, adora até ao choro o meu sexo que rebenta e te fere mais do que uma arma, adora esta moca que vai penetrar-te.”

[Zacarias Vespertino · Rating 3 out of 5]

Curto texto sobre Genet, escrito por Yukio Mishima, que tem duas partes.
Sendo a primeira parte uma breve descrição da vida de Genet e das suas escolhas literárias.
A segunda parte consiste no poema, dedicado ao seu amante Maurice Pilorge, condenado à morte.

[Marcelo Pereira · Rating 5 out of 5]

“É aparição que chega do temível céu dos crimes do amor. Criança de abismos, do seu corpo hão-de nascer esplendores que espantam, do membro adorável nascerá um esperma perfumado.”