John Hawkes
John Hawkes was a darkly lyrical experimental novelist who dispensed with plot, character, and theme in favor of dreamlike texture and nightmare imagery. His work influenced American fiction toward the fabulist and the surreal.
Works
- The CannibalExperimental war novel depicting violence and psychological devastation in German ruins
- The Lime TwigSurrealist noir following criminal obsession and gambling in postwar London
- Second SkinExperimental novel exploring identity and memory on ocean voyage
- The Blood OrangesSensual novel depicting eroticism and desire in languid Mediterranean setting
- Death Sleep and the TravelerHaunting exploration of death, dreams, and consciousness through surreal tableaux