The Blood Oranges (novel)
| 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. The story takes place in a fictionalized version of Illyria.
Webster Schott, writing in Life, referred to the novel as "...poetry passing as fiction, intellectualism doubling as sex daydream."