- Paperback: 440 pages
- Publisher: Dodo Press (1 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905432615
- ISBN-13: 978-1905432615
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.4 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 818,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Kangaroo
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
"Presented in high editorial style." Frank Kermode, London Review of Books
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"Presented in high editorial style." Frank Kermode, London Review of Books
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I finished this book and really felt like I had let go of something that saved me from the times we live in. Lawrence's words are purifying and from the heart and it is evident that the man was born to write.
I love this book. I've read a lot of books - Dickens being one of my favourite authors and I hate to compare writers. There is no "better" in my opinion only different.
Lawrence was a great man because he refused to be changed by a world that often sought to judge and eradicate him. It greatly misunderstood him and tried to define him as a pornographer. This is such a tragedy as Lawrence only wanted to be authentic to what it is to being human. He didn't care about the pious contradictions of the time he lived in and he had immense courage. His creativity would be his driving force and be damned what others thought or felt in their ridiculous ideas of what life should be like.
In Kangaroo - Lawrence's spiritual and heartfelt perceptions are nothing short of stunning. He defines Australia like no one else has been able to. Lawrence immersed his spirit in place and so he could truly write about it. His northern roots kept him grounded but his artistry soars because he knows what he is doing. He is so skilled in bringing place and people to life and he really wanted a better world - a more authentic world. He let nothing stand in his way in order to create the monoliths of what Australia is - he did it so effortlessly that it is consuming and really makes you glad to be human.
Kangaroo is semi-autobiographical and there are lots of insights into his relationship with his wife and his indefineable sexuality. Lawrence was a true artist and a great human being and Kangaroo is his greatest work. It will renew and uplift even the most jaded heart in the realization of someone so brilliant and authentic. He had his faults of course but Kangaroo stands as a true statement of integrity and passion and real interest. There is nothing but a desire to be real and to find the reality of what it is to be human in the transcendent words and paragraphs. He really achieves what he hopes for in his descriptions and more of Australia and how place shapes an inner part of who we are. Inescapeably.
I now want to feel that renewal that he experienced in Australia. He didn't want to leave and that was strange for Lawrence. Renew your faith in what it is to be human. Read this man's words.
I love this book. I've read a lot of books - Dickens being one of my favourite authors and I hate to compare writers. There is no "better" in my opinion only different.
Lawrence was a great man because he refused to be changed by a world that often sought to judge and eradicate him. It greatly misunderstood him and tried to define him as a pornographer. This is such a tragedy as Lawrence only wanted to be authentic to what it is to being human. He didn't care about the pious contradictions of the time he lived in and he had immense courage. His creativity would be his driving force and be damned what others thought or felt in their ridiculous ideas of what life should be like.
In Kangaroo - Lawrence's spiritual and heartfelt perceptions are nothing short of stunning. He defines Australia like no one else has been able to. Lawrence immersed his spirit in place and so he could truly write about it. His northern roots kept him grounded but his artistry soars because he knows what he is doing. He is so skilled in bringing place and people to life and he really wanted a better world - a more authentic world. He let nothing stand in his way in order to create the monoliths of what Australia is - he did it so effortlessly that it is consuming and really makes you glad to be human.
Kangaroo is semi-autobiographical and there are lots of insights into his relationship with his wife and his indefineable sexuality. Lawrence was a true artist and a great human being and Kangaroo is his greatest work. It will renew and uplift even the most jaded heart in the realization of someone so brilliant and authentic. He had his faults of course but Kangaroo stands as a true statement of integrity and passion and real interest. There is nothing but a desire to be real and to find the reality of what it is to be human in the transcendent words and paragraphs. He really achieves what he hopes for in his descriptions and more of Australia and how place shapes an inner part of who we are. Inescapeably.
I now want to feel that renewal that he experienced in Australia. He didn't want to leave and that was strange for Lawrence. Renew your faith in what it is to be human. Read this man's words.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3 reviews
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
wonderful perceptive and complex insight into Australia
23 April 1999
Format:Paperback
Tnis was the book that made me realize just how clever Lawrence was. His spiritual and analytical insight into the nature of a bastardized and inconquerable continent is just breathtaking, and it truly is a work of a supremely sensitive and perceptive individual.
Lawrence explores such depths that there are sometimes sinister truths and realizations that erupts from Lawrences mind, in the guise of the main character. This is a haunting and sad book, that pulls your mind completely into the wonder of Lawrences intellectual capacity and genius for seeing the imperciptible, where so many fail to. I love you Lorenzo, thank goodness for your genius.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Difficult introduction
10 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
I have just finished reading this book and to be honest I found it quite tough going. Recommended to me by an academic of Lawrence's work, he had to concede afterwards that perhaps it wasn't the ideal introduction to a new reader. What this story lacks mostly is a good old fashioned yarn, but instead seems to be a vehicle for the author to convey many of his thoughts on relationships between men and men, men and women and politics in general.
I can't be too specific on the authors ideas as I freely admit that much of this went "in one ear and out the other" as I frequently found after reading certain paragraphs I was left thinking "I have no idea what he was just talking about". Concentration therefore was fundamental to enjoying this book, and on the few occasions when I was truely focussed and emmersed, some of the ideas were interesting and rewarding.
This is a semi autobiographical account of Lawrence's own experiences in Australia, but strangly I found the most interesting part of the book was the "Nightmare" chapter, dedicated to the character's account of being in England during World War One. This too, mirrors the authors own experiences during this turbulent time.
Maybe I should go for the better known novels next time...
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
D. H. Lawrence scholar satisfied
29 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
Book was as advertised and arrived promptly. I only wish it had been a bit cheaper.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
