Genet, Jean, preface by Jean-Paul Sartre, — The Maids and Deathwatch: two plays.

NY, Grove, (1962). 21st ptg. G PB. Edge wear. The New Yorker said that all the poison & impotence of contemporary Europe are expressed in this little play, which. is one of the bitterest and most harrowing works of our time." New York Post, "a shocking power & fascination.lies in the impression.that here is the complete & unshackled expression of an utterly evil & decadent mind, set down with a kind of grotesque pride & in entire honesty." Owner's name fep. Ink mark corner near spine of ft cover.