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The Beetle Leg
ISBN/GTIN

The Beetle Leg

BookPaperback
Ranking1199776inBelletristik
CHF25.90

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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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ISBN/GTIN978-0-8112-0062-2
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date15/01/1951
SeriesNew Directions Paperback
Series no.239
Pages159 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 133 mm, Height 201 mm, Thickness 11 mm
Weight172 g
Article no.1699215
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.19336042
Product groupBelletristik
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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.