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Miracle of the Rose (French: Miracle de la rose) is a 1946 book by Jean Genet about experiences as a detainee in Mettray Penal Colony and Fontevrault prison, although there is no direct evidence of Genet ever having been imprisoned in the latter establishment.
A miracle involving roses occurred to Saint Rita of Cascia. The winter before the end of her life, a cousin visited her and asked her if she desired anything from her old home at Roccaporena . Saint Rita responded by asking for a rose and a fig from the garden.
Miracle of the Rose is, first of all, an account of life at Fontevrault during that period. But Genet is no realist, and his account of prison life is an extraordinary mixture of dreams and reality, past and present.
13 de ene. de 1994 · Miracle of the Rose. “A major achievement . . . . Genet transforms experiences of degradation into spiritual exercises and hoodlums into bearers of the majesty of...
8 de nov. de 2020 · The Miracle of the Roses is the most famous of the many miracles credited to Queen Saint Elizabeth (Rainha Santa Isabel in Portuguese), also known as Elizabeth of Aragon. Born in 1271 in Zaragoza, Aragon, Elizabeth has always been enthusiastic about her faith.
4 de sept. de 2013 · Miracle of the rose. by. Genet, Jean, 1910-1986. Publication date. 1988. Topics. Gay studies (Gay men), Lesbian Studies, Sociology, Social Science, Literature - Classics / Criticism, General, Fiction / General, Gay Studies, French fiction, Fiction in English. Publisher.
13 de ene. de 1994 · Genet's second novel, 'The Miracle of the Rose' (1946) is a phantasmagorical account of his youthful incarceration in the Mettray penal colony and subsequent imprisonment in the adult facility of Fountevrault.
