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| Author | Jean Genet |
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| Original title | Notre Dame des Fleurs |
| Translator | Bernard Frechtman |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Roman à clef |
| Publisher | Marc Barbezat – L'Arbalete (Original French), Editions Paul Morbien (English Translation) |
Publication date | 1943 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1949 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 0-571-25115-3 |
| Followed by | The Miracle of the Rose |
Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs) is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, first published in 1943. The free-flowing, poetic novel is a largely autobiographical account of a man's journey through the Parisian underworld. The characters are drawn after their real-life counterparts, who are mostly homosexuals living on the fringes of society.