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Mirrors and mirror phenomena are omnipresent in the work of Genet. Focusing on his Journal du Voleur, an attempt is made to explore
the author's narcissistic quest on the level of words, across lexic mirrors. The aim is to show that in Genet the I—the Je of Narcissus—is in the end a Je de mots, a word ego.