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Describe your latest book/project/work. I've been studying the life and work of photographer W. Eugene Smith for 13 years. My first book (Dream... Continue »
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    The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965

    Sam Stephenson and W. Eugene Smith
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The Balcony

by Jean Genet

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ISBN13: 9780571192977
ISBN10: 0571192971
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Set in a brothel designed for the fulfilment of any conceivable fantasy, it is peopled with characters driven by their most private compulsions, and played against the background of a revolution which finally permits the clients of the brothel to enact in reality the fantasies they have been indulging in make-believe.

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"His aim is to transform the good citizen into the aesthete: is there any finer revenge against the spirit of seriousness?" Jean-Paul Sartre
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urvashi, November 1, 2006 (view all comments by urvashi)
Balcony is a place which connects the private arena of home{here,the house of illusions},to outside world.in other words it connects the private with the public.it is a meeting point between the two.'The Balcony' is an apt title for the above mentioned play.in the play we can see the connection between Irma's house of illusions and the outside world.various people come to Irma's house of illusions to enact their fantasies.they take up the roles of various figures of powers and in this way critique these institutions of society.they lay bare in front of us,the hypocrisy and injustice pravelent in society.
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ISBN:
9780571192977
Translator:
Barbara Wright
Translator:
Terry Hands
Publisher:
Faber & Faber INC
Location:
London
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
128
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