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Charles Francis Christopher Hawkes (5 June1905–3 April1992) was an Englisharchaeologist. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikinews has news related to: United Kingdom Travel guide to United Kingdom from Wikitravel BBC Nations History of the nations within the UK British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) British Fashion - Wikichic. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...
It is an unfortunate irony that the very social and cultural wasteland compelling writers like John Hawkes to write disturbing and difficult novels also robs them of a general audience with the time and patience to read, puzzle, and understand them.
Hawkes died in 1998, the same year as William Gaddis, a contemporary who also wrote complex, labyrinthine novels.
Although these themes may be universal, what makes Hawkes remarkable is the presentation of these motifs and his ostensibly paradoxical technique: his prose is feverish yet stylized, his novels are seemingly chaotic yet structured, and even his characters delicately dance between reality and metaphor.
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