The Blood Oranges (novel)

The Blood Oranges is a 1971 novel by American writer John Hawkes. The novel belongs to a triad, along with Death, Sleep, & the Traveler and Travesty.[1] The novel takes place in a fictionalized version of Illyria.[2][3]

The Blood Oranges
AuthorJohn Hawkes
LanguageEnglish
Media typePrint (Hardback)

Webster Schott, writing in Life, referred to the novel as "...poetry passing as fiction, intellectualism doubling as sex daydream."[4]

References
  1. Rosenzweig, Paul (Winter 1982). "Aesthetics and the Psychology of Control in John Hawkes's Triad". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 15 (2): 146–162. doi:10.2307/1345221. JSTOR 1345221.
  2. Hawkes, John; Scholes, Robert (1972). "A Conversation on "The Blood Oranges" between John Hawkes and Robert Scholes". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 5 (3): 203–204, 197–207. doi:10.2307/1345277. JSTOR 1345277.
  3. Schaap, Rosie (22 April 2016). "Raise a Glass to Shakespeare". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. Schott, Webster (8 October 1971). "Philosopher of Sexistentialism". Life. Retrieved 28 July 2020.


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