The Blood Oranges (novel) explained
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]
Webster Schott, writing in Life, referred to the novel as "...poetry passing as fiction, intellectualism doubling as sex daydream."[4]
Notes and References
- Rosenzweig . Paul . Aesthetics and the Psychology of Control in John Hawkes's Triad . Novel: A Forum on Fiction . Winter 1982 . 15 . 2 . 146–162 . 10.2307/1345221 . 1345221 .
- Hawkes. John. Scholes. Robert. 1972. A Conversation on "The Blood Oranges" between John Hawkes and Robert Scholes . 1345277. Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 5. 3. 203–204, 197–207. 10.2307/1345277.
- News: Schaap . Rosie . Raise a Glass to Shakespeare . 28 July 2020 . . 22 April 2016.
- News: Schott . Webster . Philosopher of Sexistentialism . 28 July 2020 . . 8 October 1971.
