← John Hawkes

The Blood Oranges

Sensual novel depicting eroticism and desire in languid Mediterranean setting

About the author

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.

More by John Hawkes

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
Death Sleep and the TravelerHaunting exploration of death, dreams, and consciousness through surreal tableaux