num_pages: 268
description: Genet's fictionalized and distant account of his rambles through France, Czechoslovakia, Germany and elsewhere in the '30s and '40s, covering his time in prison, his relationships with men such as the one-armed Stilitano, along with erotic accounts of his lovers during the period, and interspersed with meditation and daydreams.
language: English
title: The Thief's Journal
titlecomplete: The Thief's Journal
genres: Literature, 20th Century, LGBT, Queer, Novels, Gay, French Literature, Fiction, Classics, France
ratings_count: 4292
places: Spain, Antwerp, Belgium, Barcelona, Catalonia
publisher: Grove Press