Funeral Rites (novel)

Funeral Rites

First edition
Author	Jean Genet
Original title	Pompes funèbres
Translator	Bernard Frechtman
Country	France
Language	French
Publisher	Marc Barbezat - L'Arbalete (Original French), Grove Press (English Translation)
Publication date	1948
Published in English	1953
Media type	Print
ISBN	0-571-25154-4
Preceded by	The Miracle of the Rose
Followed by	Querelle of Brest

Funeral Rites (Pompes funèbres) is a 1948 novel by Jean Genet. It is a story of love and betrayal across political divides, written this time for the narrator's lover, Jean Decarnin, killed by the Germans in WWII.

The first edition was limited to 1,500 copies; in 1953 the text was revised by Gallimard, excising some possibly offensive passages, which became the basis for the 1953 English translation by Frechtman.^[1]

References

1. Plunka, Gene A. (1992). The rites of passage of Jean Genet: the art and aesthetics of risk taking. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-8386-3461-3.