Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.

Qui n'a connu celle de trahir ne sait rien de l'extase.

Jean Genet

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Betrayal Ecstasy

Author

Jean Genet

Source

Prisoner of Love

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Genet, Jean. Un Captif Amoureux [Prisoner of Love]. Paris: Gallimard, 1986.

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