Crystals out of chaos
Subtitle: John Hawkes and the shapes of apocalypse
By: Lesley Marx.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Madison, N.J; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Hawkes, John, 1925-  -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: In this new study of the novels of John Hawkes, author Lesley Marx has brought to light insights from the three novels Hawkes has published in the last ten years, as well as from his other works.

According to Marx, all three of these new novels continue to attest to the fertility of Hawkes's imagination and the fine crafting of his prose. But at least two of the new works - Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade and Sweet William: A Memoir of Old Horse - also reveal an expansive and transformative vision that celebrates the shifting and fluid possibilities of authority, writing, storytelling, and gender.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.