false 222388 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 222388 4 215374 6 1961 The Lime Twig total:94|5:23|4:37|3:19|2:10|1:5| 94 345 200 19 13765 3.64 588 89 13290650 766524 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 4 2 false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jan 23 11:34:45 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 11:34:45 -0800 2008
A friend of mine once said of the film Eraserhead that it was as close as cinema came to capturing a nightmare onscreen. (I disagree, but the parallel is useful.) The Lime Twig, in that sense, is the rough literary equivalent of Eraserhead; ...more...]]> 81421772 291243 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 4 0 false Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 13:50:32 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 08:13:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 30992705 708858 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1975 Sat Aug 23 11:33:02 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 16:27:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 80293697 45389 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 0 0 false Tue Dec 08 09:02:02 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 07:06:49 -0800 2009
To quote the man: "I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the n...more...]]> 70940732 1996803 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 4 0 false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:51:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:18:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47424952 1930800 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 0 0 false Tue Feb 24 16:52:56 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 16:55:29 -0800 2009 70786077 1244504 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 0 0 false Thu Sep 10 18:55:03 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 18:55:03 -0700 2009 42611965 1771576 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 4 0 false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 16:21:16 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 11:02:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 361231 34370 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 5 0 false Wed Mar 21 08:19:41 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 21 08:22:00 -0700 2007 42379942 1797862 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 2 0 false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 13:55:37 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:23:59 -0800 2009 31239195 729074 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 11:37:59 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 11:40:24 -0700 2008 9182050 214053 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 4 0 false Thu Nov 15 22:16:44 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 22:17:04 -0800 2007 37543832 1128028 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 0 0 false Wed Nov 12 13:30:30 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:28:10 -0800 2008 21574630 74259 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 3 0 false Sun May 04 10:58:30 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 08:31:52 -0700 2008
So, even though it was beautifully written, I had to put it down.

I'll try to come back to it later.]]> 17552511 359846 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 5 0 false Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 18:00:41 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 17:55:32 -0700 2008 590919 36341 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 0 0 false Thu Apr 05 14:29:51 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 14:32:55 -0700 2007 40722700 1668625 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Mon Dec 22 19:21:09 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 19:22:16 -0800 2008 10615926 676678 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 4 0 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Dec 18 05:54:20 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 05:57:40 -0800 2007 disconnected tale
horses--in over his head
the end? not a dream]]> 1963511 131533 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Jun 14 09:39:18 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 09:39:43 -0700 2007 82070201 941386 222388 0811200655 9780811200653 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189m/222388.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172847189s/222388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222388.The_Lime_Twig 3.67 94 The work is told in a framed narrative, with the commentary of the sports writer Sidney Slyter prefacing each chapter (at the request of Hawkes' publisher New Directions, who feared that the novella would be too confusing otherwise). The style is one of broken, dreamlike sequences, which suspend time in a quintessentially postmodern fashion. The novella's accumulation of events acts as wish fulfillment for the Bankses, and ends in chaos and their deaths.
The novella was seen as a turning-point in Hawkes' body of work; influential American critic Leslie Fiedler contributed a preface arguing for Hawkes' greatness. Southern writer Flannery O'Connor (a friend of Hawkes) praised the novella as well, commenting in a letter that "You suffer The Lime Twig like a dream. It seems to be something that is happening to you, that you want to escape from but can't."]]> 1961 0 0 false Sat Dec 26 07:10:26 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 26 07:10:26 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=222388