About the book: 1993 / "Our Lady of the Flowers" is the first novel by Jean Genet (1910–1986). Written in 1942 in one of the Parisian prisons, where the author, a tramp and thief, was sent for yet another theft, the novel is dedicated to the life of the Parisian “bottom” - the world of thieves, murderers, male prostitutes, their pimps and gigolos. The brilliant style, amazing images, subtle psychologism, and tragic plot of “Our Lady of the Flowers” ​​brought its author world fame. Now the domestic reader has the opportunity to read the novel of the outstanding writer translated into Russian for the first time.