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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 story takes place in a fictionalized version of Illyria.[2][3]

The Blood Oranges
AuthorJohn Hawkes
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1971
Media typePrint (Hardback)

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

References

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  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.