John Hawkes

The Beetle Leg

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The Beetle Leg, John Hawkes's second full-length novel, was first published by New Directions in 1951. After years of underground existence, this brilliant novel is emerging as a classic of visionary writing and still remains Hawkes's only work devoted solely to American life. As a 'surrealist Western (Newsweek), and a violent and poetic portrayal of a landscape of sexual apathy (Albert J. Guerard), The Beetle Leg is a rich flight into the special vein of comedy that Hawkes had begun to exploit a decade before the popular acceptance of black humor.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8112-0062-2
EAN: 9780811200622
Produktnummer: 19336042
Verlag: New Directions
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1951
Seitenangabe: 159 S.
Masse: H20.1 cm x B13.3 cm x D1.1 cm 172 g
Reihenbandnummer: 239
Gewicht: 172

Über den Autor

John Hawkes (1925-1998) was a postmodern novelist born in Stamford, Connecticut, and educated at Harvard University. He was noted for his unconventional style and views on the creation of literature and was admired by Flannery O'Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Saul Bellow, Anthony Burgess, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Donald Barthelme.