'Everyone who met him commented on the arresting power of Lawrence's bright and sharp blue eyes, and the beard he later grew would be as red as a fox's brush, but it was not his appearance that Ford was describing. It was his menace' Frances Wilson, from her Introduction to The Man Who Loves Islands ------------------------------------------------ The Man Who Loved Islands presents Lawrence's skilled, intimate and lively portraits of humanity. In the title story a man buys a ninety-nine year lease on an island and finds himself cast off in its timeless world; in 'The Last Laugh' a couple are confronted with uncanny spectral visions, and an eerie faceless laugh; in 'The Fox' two women maintaining a farm feel the dark shadows of war, and a cunning creature threatens to destroy their livelihood. The stories in this collection are about what the characters know and do not know - about themselves, one another, and the circumambient universe.
| ISBN: | 9781529412567 |
| Publication date: | 6th May 2021 |
| Author: | D H Lawrence, Frances Wilson |
| Publisher: | riverrun an imprint of Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | riverrun editions |
| Genres: |
Classics Shorter Reads |