- American Horror tales, American Psychological fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological
For nearly fifty years and in more than fourteen novels, John Hawkes has been creating his "landscapes of the imagination" and enriching the form and language of the American novel.
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- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John Hawkes
- First published
- 1961
- Pages
- 175
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, New Directions, New Directions]
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140189827
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