John Hawkes. Stated first American edition, first printing. New York: A New Directions Book, 1971. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Very Good+ condition. Jacket designed by Gertrude Huston. No writing or markings found in the book, 271 pp.
The first book in Hawkes's trilogy of novels, which includes Death, Sleep and the Traveler (1974) and Travesty (1976).
A quietly poetic and reflective and erotic novel set in a small Mediterrean town. "The central theme of John Hawkes's widely acclaimed novel, The Blood Oranges, is boldly asserted by its narrator, Cyril, the archetypal multisexualist. Likening himself to a white bull on Love's tapestry, he pursues his romantic vision in a primitive Mediterranean landscape. There two couples? Cyril and Fiona, Hugh and Catherine? mingle their loves in an "lllyria" that brings to mind the equally timeless countryside of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night." (Amazon)
