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John Hawkes
(John Clendennin Burne Hawkes, Jr)
(1925 - 1998)John Hawkes (1925-1998) was a postmodern novelist born in Stamford, Connecticut and educated at Harvard University. For years, Hawkes taught at Brown University and gained notoriety with his novel The Lime Twig (1961), which was admired by Thomas Pynchon. Hawkes was noted for his unconventional style and views on the creation of literature.
Novels
Beetle Leg (1951)
The Lime Twig (1961)
The Cannibal (1962)
Second Skin (1964)
The Blood Oranges (1971)
Death, Sleep and the Traveller (1974)
Travesty (1976)
The Passion Artist (1979)
Virginie (1982)
Innocence in Extremis (1985)
Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade (1985)
Whistlejacket (1988)
Island Fire (1988)
Sweet William (1989)
The Frog (1996)
An Irish Eye (1997)
The Lime Twig (1961)
The Cannibal (1962)
Second Skin (1964)
The Blood Oranges (1971)
Death, Sleep and the Traveller (1974)
Travesty (1976)
The Passion Artist (1979)
Virginie (1982)
Innocence in Extremis (1985)
Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade (1985)
Whistlejacket (1988)
Island Fire (1988)
Sweet William (1989)
The Frog (1996)
An Irish Eye (1997)
Collections
The Innocent Party (1966)
Lunar Landscapes (1969)
Humors of Blood and Skin (1984)
The Review of Contemporary Fiction: 20 (2000) (with others)
Lunar Landscapes (1969)
Humors of Blood and Skin (1984)
The Review of Contemporary Fiction: 20 (2000) (with others)
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by John Hawkes
The New Gothic (1991)
A Collection of Contemporary Gothic Fiction
edited by
Patrick McGrath and Bradford Morrow
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