The Blood Oranges (novel)

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

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]

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

References

  1. JSTOR 1345221
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  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.