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The blood oranges

Title
The blood oranges / John Hawkes.
Author
Hawkes, John, 1925-1998
Publication
New York : New Directions, 1971.

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Additional Authors
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
271 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
No synopsis or comparison can convey the novel's lyric comedy or, indeed, its sinister power - sinister because of the strength of will Cyril exerts over his wife, his mistress, his wife's reluctant lover; lyric, since he is also a "sex-singer" in the land where music is the food of love.
Series Statement
New Directions paperbook ; NDP338
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Man-woman relationships > Fiction
  • Adultery > Fiction
  • American fiction > 20th century
  • American fiction
  • Adultery
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Non-consensual non-monogamy
  • Non-monogamy
  • Mediterranean Region > Fiction
  • Mediterranean Region
Genre/Form
  • Romance fiction.
  • Novels.
  • Fiction.
  • Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 1971.
Note
  • "New Directions" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston.
  • bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston.
Call Number
Berg Coll 22-1002
ISBN
  • 0811200612
  • 9780811200615
LCCN
74152516
OCLC
148612
Author
Hawkes, John, 1925-1998, author.
Title
The blood oranges / John Hawkes.
Publisher
New York : New Directions, 1971.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Directions paperbook ; NDP338
Indexed In:
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 77
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1002 bound in publishers' red cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Gertrude Huston. NN
Copy in Berg Coll 221003 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Gertrude Huston. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-1002, 22-1003 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Huston, Gertrude, 1919-1998, cover designer, bookjacket designer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Other Form:
Online version: Hawkes, John, 1925-1998. Blood oranges. [New York] New Directions [1971] (OCoLC)756430340
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-1002
Berg Coll 22-1003
JFD 72-1522
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