The Blacks

The Blacks

By Jean Genet

First English Edition.

Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1960. First English Edition. Hardback with dustjacket.Approx board size: 21cm H x 12.5cm W (8 ¼”H x 5”W). 96pp. Black boards with gold lettering to the spine. Condition: Very good++ –No foxing – Clean, Bright and Tight; No inscriptions. Jacket, an arresting b/w photograph taken from the run of the first Paris productions; a little rubbed; Spine lightly tanned; Not price clipped; Chipping at the head, and now under a removable protective cover.

Overall Condition – Very good++.

Using the framework of a play within a play, The Blacks exposes racial prejudice and stereotypes while exploring black identity.