The Blood Oranges (novel)

The Blood Oranges

Author	John Hawkes
Language	English
Publication date	1971
Media type	Print (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 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]

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 (April 22, 2016). "Raise a Glass to Shakespeare". The New York Times . Retrieved July 28, 2020.
4. Schott, Webster (October 8, 1971). "Philosopher of Sexistentialism". Life . Retrieved July 28, 2020.