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Love among the Haystacks and Other Stories
Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories gathers together all of Lawrence's short stories not collected in the Prussian Officer volume. It offers a range of work from Lawrence's earliest surviving published story, 'A Prelude', to 'New Eve and Old Adam' written at the height of his early maturity in 1913. Each story in this edition appears in a new, authoritative text based on the manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs and early printings drawn from libraries and private collections in England, Italy and America. All the stories have thus been stripped of the layers of errors introduced by typists, editors and printers in their previous publication. John Worthen's introduction sets out the composition and publication history of each story, and gives a full account of the context in which it was created. A textual apparatus records all variant readings and explanatory notes explain allusions, dialect forms and foreign words.
173 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1930
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D.H. Lawrence
2,084 books4,178 followersDavid Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English writer of the 20th century, whose prolific and diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism, and personal letters. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, human sexuality and instinct.
Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage." At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel. He is now generally valued as a visionary thinker and a significant representative of modernism in English literature.
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Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage." At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel. He is now generally valued as a visionary thinker and a significant representative of modernism in English literature.
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May 29, 2022
Since D.H. Lawrence turned my head (and my entire body) four years ago with his painfully beautiful and entirely unforgettable Lady Chatterley's Lover, I had made a mental note to seek out more of his works. I wish I hadn't left it quite so long, but I was reminded in his prose just what it was I loved about him.
D.H. Lawrence is certainly unusual with his style, and I can understand why he isn't for everyone. This short story collection had some interesting stories contained within it that I could kind of relate to, but it also had a couple that nearly sent me into a deep slumber.
The primary theme of this collection is relationships, and I also felt some isolation, too. I think a couple of them would have been better being a little longer, with more development of the characters.
I think for my next read from D.H. Lawrence, I will opt for another novel, as although romance was evident in this book, it failed to pierce my heart like Lady Chatterley's Lover did.
D.H. Lawrence is certainly unusual with his style, and I can understand why he isn't for everyone. This short story collection had some interesting stories contained within it that I could kind of relate to, but it also had a couple that nearly sent me into a deep slumber.
The primary theme of this collection is relationships, and I also felt some isolation, too. I think a couple of them would have been better being a little longer, with more development of the characters.
I think for my next read from D.H. Lawrence, I will opt for another novel, as although romance was evident in this book, it failed to pierce my heart like Lady Chatterley's Lover did.
September 10, 2021
The author's beautiful writing to express the admirable English countryside, the torments of complex or straightforward personalities, gripped between a sense of duty and self-assertion, propriety and romantic passion, combine to make this reading an extraordinary moment.
August 3, 2017
O que chamou-me a atenção neste livro, sobretudo no conto "Foi preciso um cavalo de baloiço", foi a mediocridade do homem contemporâneo, na qual me enxerguei também, e que o caracteriza como eternamente insatisfeito com aquilo que tem, eternamente inconsciente de sua mediocridade (veja que a mãe acha que é capaz e inteligente, mas na prática não é, pois não consegue nem produzir nada, muito menos ganhar dinheiro, o que acontece com o pai também), eternamente incapaz de lidar com o mundo (o que se reflete na inabilidade de lidar com o dinheiro, sempre gastando tudo, sempre precisando de mais, numa tentativa de preencher com bens materiais consoladores o vazio da própria existência) e sempre fugindo de si mesmo.
D. H. Lawrence dá a esse drama da classe média burguesa uma dimensão até mística (por exemplo, através das vozes que se escutam pela casa e do mistério do cavalo de pau demoníaco, com que o menino pratica uma espécie de bruxaria reles que termina matando-o), dimensão que, no fim das contas, é a REAL, pois tudo isso advém da imanentização da realidade, da abolição da dimensão da eternidade no mundo moderno.
Nesse sentido, D. H. Lawrence é uma espécie de Flaubert pós-moderno. O drama burguês que Flaubert expunha de modo cru e descritivo, Lawrence o expõem de modo místico, valendo-se de um misticismo baixo, pagão, que reflete a condição de seus personagens.
D. H. Lawrence dá a esse drama da classe média burguesa uma dimensão até mística (por exemplo, através das vozes que se escutam pela casa e do mistério do cavalo de pau demoníaco, com que o menino pratica uma espécie de bruxaria reles que termina matando-o), dimensão que, no fim das contas, é a REAL, pois tudo isso advém da imanentização da realidade, da abolição da dimensão da eternidade no mundo moderno.
Nesse sentido, D. H. Lawrence é uma espécie de Flaubert pós-moderno. O drama burguês que Flaubert expunha de modo cru e descritivo, Lawrence o expõem de modo místico, valendo-se de um misticismo baixo, pagão, que reflete a condição de seus personagens.
April 12, 2025
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on this book in both Persian and English hope this will be enjoyable for you :)
هر کتابی که می خوانم دریچه ای به دنیای جدید است . تو این نوشته دیدگاه و تجربه ام از خوندن این کتاب رو به دو زبان فارسی و انگلیسی با شما به اشتراک می ذارم امیدوارم خوندنش براتون لذتبخش باشه :)
Persian (فارسی)
"سقف خانه ی رادن"، "بانوی دوست داشتنی، "
"مردی که عاشق جزیره ها بود "و "برنده ی اسب گهواره ای "داستان های کوتاهی از دی.اچ.لارنس نویسنده ی سبک مدرنیسم انگلیسی هستن که همگی توسط مترجم از کتابی به اسم Love Amoung The Haystacks" "and Other Stories ( Penguin Book, 1974) انتخاب شدن. به باور من از اونجا که خیلی از افراد مثل خودم اولین برخوردشون با آثار این نویسنده، خوندن این کتاب بوده، بهتر بود بقیه ی داستان هاش هم ترجمه می شد یا جوری تو کتاب چیده شده بودن که باعث می شد برای شروع لارنس خوانی، حداقل ایده و شناخت خوبی نسبت بهش داشته باشیم؛ طبق تحقیقاتم یه سری نکات هستن که دونستنشون خیلی کمک می کنه به اینکه نه فقط داستان هایی که تو این کتاب گردآوری شده بلکه بقیه ی آثارش هم بهتر درک کنیم.
۱- روابط انسانی و عواطف پیچیده: لارنس به طور خاصی به بررسی روابط بین انسانها، به ویژه روابط عاشقانه و خانوادگی،پرداخته اون تلاش کرده تا عمق احساسات و عواطف شخصیتها را به تصویر بکشه.
۲- غرایز و طبیعت انسانی: یکی دیگه از موضوعات برجسته تو آثارش تأکید به غرایز طبیعی و حیوانی انسانه. اون باور داشته که غرایز بخشی جداییناپذیر از هویت انسانی هستن ۳- انتقاد از جامعه و سنتها: غالبا از محدودیتهای اجتماعی و سنتهای زمان خودش انتقاد میکرده، به ویژه به موضوعاتی مانند سرکوب جنسی و نقشهای جنسیتی توجه داشته ۴- ارتباط با طبیعت: از طبیعت به عنوان نمادی برای آزادی، خلوص و ارتباط با غرایز انسانی یاد کرده
۵- روانشناسی شخصیتها: شخصیتهاش اکثرا پیچیده و چندلایه هستند و با نگاهی روانشناسی موشکافی می شن ۶-طنز: به شکلی ظریف و گاها تلخ به کار گرفته شده. از این ویژگی به عنوان ابزاری برای نقد جامعه، روابط و محدودیتهای اجتماعی استفاده می کرده.
همه ی این موارد درون مایه و عناصر اصلی هستن که ساختار اشعار، رمان ها، مقاله ها، داستان های کوتاه و ... این نویسنده ی بحث برانگیز رو تشکیل دادن، در نهایت اگر چه این مجموعه نماینده و بیانگر کامل لارنس نیست، اما می تونه نقطه شروعی برای کشف بیشتر دنیاش باشه و خواننده ها بهتره که برای تفکر و لذت بردن از عمق نوشتار و نگرش های جسورانه اش سعی کنن بیشتر از این ازش بخونن و بدونن و فقط به این کتاب تنها، بسنده نکنن.
English (انگلیسی)
The Rocking-Horse Winner, The Lovely Lady, The Man Who Loved Islands, and The Roof of the World are short stories by D.H. Lawrence, an English writer of the Modernist movement, all selected by the translator from a book titled"
Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories (Penguin Books, 1974)". In my opinion, since for many readers, like myself, this book serves as their first encounter with the works of this writer, it would have been better if the rest of his stories were also translated—or at least if the stories in the book were arranged in a way that provided a clearer idea and understanding of Lawrence's style for new readers. Based on my research, several points are crucial to understanding not only the stories compiled in this book but also his other works more comprehensively.
1. Human Relationships and Complex Emotions: Lawrence had a particular focus on exploring relationships between individuals, especially romantic and familial ones. He endeavored to depict the depth of emotions and sentiments in his characters.
2. Instincts and Human Nature: Another prominent theme in his works is the emphasis on the natural and primal instincts of humans. He believed instincts are an inseparable part of human identity.
3. Critique of Society and Traditions: Lawrence often criticized the social constraints and traditions of his time, particularly issues like sexual repression and gender roles. 4. Connection with Nature: He regarded nature as a symbol of freedom, purity, and a connection to human instincts.5. The Psychology of Characters: His characters are often complex and multilayered, explored deeply through a psychological lens. 6. Humor: Employed subtly and sometimes bitterly, humor served as a tool for critiquing society, relationships, and social limitations.
All these elements are central themes and building blocks of Lawrence’s poetry, novels, essays, short stories, and more. While this collection doesn’t fully represent the scope of Lawrence’s works, it can act as a starting point for discovering his world. Readers are encouraged not to stop at this book alone but to explore more of his writings to better appreciate the depth of his prose and the boldness of his perspectives.
on this book in both Persian and English hope this will be enjoyable for you :)
هر کتابی که می خوانم دریچه ای به دنیای جدید است . تو این نوشته دیدگاه و تجربه ام از خوندن این کتاب رو به دو زبان فارسی و انگلیسی با شما به اشتراک می ذارم امیدوارم خوندنش براتون لذتبخش باشه :)
Persian (فارسی)
"سقف خانه ی رادن"، "بانوی دوست داشتنی، "
"مردی که عاشق جزیره ها بود "و "برنده ی اسب گهواره ای "داستان های کوتاهی از دی.اچ.لارنس نویسنده ی سبک مدرنیسم انگلیسی هستن که همگی توسط مترجم از کتابی به اسم Love Amoung The Haystacks" "and Other Stories ( Penguin Book, 1974) انتخاب شدن. به باور من از اونجا که خیلی از افراد مثل خودم اولین برخوردشون با آثار این نویسنده، خوندن این کتاب بوده، بهتر بود بقیه ی داستان هاش هم ترجمه می شد یا جوری تو کتاب چیده شده بودن که باعث می شد برای شروع لارنس خوانی، حداقل ایده و شناخت خوبی نسبت بهش داشته باشیم؛ طبق تحقیقاتم یه سری نکات هستن که دونستنشون خیلی کمک می کنه به اینکه نه فقط داستان هایی که تو این کتاب گردآوری شده بلکه بقیه ی آثارش هم بهتر درک کنیم.
۱- روابط انسانی و عواطف پیچیده: لارنس به طور خاصی به بررسی روابط بین انسانها، به ویژه روابط عاشقانه و خانوادگی،پرداخته اون تلاش کرده تا عمق احساسات و عواطف شخصیتها را به تصویر بکشه.
۲- غرایز و طبیعت انسانی: یکی دیگه از موضوعات برجسته تو آثارش تأکید به غرایز طبیعی و حیوانی انسانه. اون باور داشته که غرایز بخشی جداییناپذیر از هویت انسانی هستن ۳- انتقاد از جامعه و سنتها: غالبا از محدودیتهای اجتماعی و سنتهای زمان خودش انتقاد میکرده، به ویژه به موضوعاتی مانند سرکوب جنسی و نقشهای جنسیتی توجه داشته ۴- ارتباط با طبیعت: از طبیعت به عنوان نمادی برای آزادی، خلوص و ارتباط با غرایز انسانی یاد کرده
۵- روانشناسی شخصیتها: شخصیتهاش اکثرا پیچیده و چندلایه هستند و با نگاهی روانشناسی موشکافی می شن ۶-طنز: به شکلی ظریف و گاها تلخ به کار گرفته شده. از این ویژگی به عنوان ابزاری برای نقد جامعه، روابط و محدودیتهای اجتماعی استفاده می کرده.
همه ی این موارد درون مایه و عناصر اصلی هستن که ساختار اشعار، رمان ها، مقاله ها، داستان های کوتاه و ... این نویسنده ی بحث برانگیز رو تشکیل دادن، در نهایت اگر چه این مجموعه نماینده و بیانگر کامل لارنس نیست، اما می تونه نقطه شروعی برای کشف بیشتر دنیاش باشه و خواننده ها بهتره که برای تفکر و لذت بردن از عمق نوشتار و نگرش های جسورانه اش سعی کنن بیشتر از این ازش بخونن و بدونن و فقط به این کتاب تنها، بسنده نکنن.
English (انگلیسی)
The Rocking-Horse Winner, The Lovely Lady, The Man Who Loved Islands, and The Roof of the World are short stories by D.H. Lawrence, an English writer of the Modernist movement, all selected by the translator from a book titled"
Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories (Penguin Books, 1974)". In my opinion, since for many readers, like myself, this book serves as their first encounter with the works of this writer, it would have been better if the rest of his stories were also translated—or at least if the stories in the book were arranged in a way that provided a clearer idea and understanding of Lawrence's style for new readers. Based on my research, several points are crucial to understanding not only the stories compiled in this book but also his other works more comprehensively.
1. Human Relationships and Complex Emotions: Lawrence had a particular focus on exploring relationships between individuals, especially romantic and familial ones. He endeavored to depict the depth of emotions and sentiments in his characters.
2. Instincts and Human Nature: Another prominent theme in his works is the emphasis on the natural and primal instincts of humans. He believed instincts are an inseparable part of human identity.
3. Critique of Society and Traditions: Lawrence often criticized the social constraints and traditions of his time, particularly issues like sexual repression and gender roles. 4. Connection with Nature: He regarded nature as a symbol of freedom, purity, and a connection to human instincts.5. The Psychology of Characters: His characters are often complex and multilayered, explored deeply through a psychological lens. 6. Humor: Employed subtly and sometimes bitterly, humor served as a tool for critiquing society, relationships, and social limitations.
All these elements are central themes and building blocks of Lawrence’s poetry, novels, essays, short stories, and more. While this collection doesn’t fully represent the scope of Lawrence’s works, it can act as a starting point for discovering his world. Readers are encouraged not to stop at this book alone but to explore more of his writings to better appreciate the depth of his prose and the boldness of his perspectives.
February 3, 2016
اون داستان آخر که در مورد زندگی واقعی لارنس بود از زبان خودش، عااالی بود. دو سه بار دیگه باید بشینم بخونمش، ایضاً به انگلیسی
November 2, 2015
Diz respeito apenas ao conto "Foi preciso um cavalo de baloiço".
“Foi preciso um cavalo de baloiço” - “the rocking horse winner”, no original - é um relato trágico. Paul, menino filho de uma típica família inglesa de classe média, é assombrado por “susurros” que fazem menção às dificuldades financeiras dos pais. A mãe, interpelada pelo filho, explica a situação como o resultado de “falta de sorte” - a falta ou abundância de dinheiro é sempre o resultado direto de sorte ou falta dela.
A partir daí, o menino entra num frenesi imaginativo crescente, concebendo a sorte não como uma idéia ou abstração, mas como um lugar concreto que pode ser alcançado por meio dum incansável galopar em seu cavalo de pau.
O menino Paul, sob uma cada vez maior pressão psíquica, e após horas de galope, consegue antever o resultado de corridas de cavalo, e, por meio de apostas combinadas com o jardineiro da família, Bassett, e com o seu Tio, Oscar, ganha fortunas no Jockey Club.
Mas o desejo - e a realização - da sorte tem um preço. O esforço mental é demasiado para uma criança e, num desenlace trágico, o menino Paul, após antever o resultado de um importante derby, morre vítima de uma febre cerebral, não sem antes garantir o bem-estar financeiro da família.
É possível enxergar nesse relato um quadro da vulgaridade da vida moderna, de sua fatuidade, de seu materialismo. Os pais viviam de maneira que não condizia com os seus meios e isso era motivo de constante insatisfação, especialmente da mãe que, amargurada com o seu estado de dona de casa de classe média baixa, atribuía sua condição limitada à “má-sorte” do marido.
Mas o que dizer? As pessoas são bem assim mesmo. Vivem, dia sim dia não, com a cabeça nas nuvens, pensando e repensando no maldito dinheiro, no status, nas aparências - vaidade das vaidades, diria o sábio.
O problema é que tudo que fazemos nesta baixa vida traz conseqüências - seja aqui mesmo, seja d’outro lado da morte. No caso narrado por D. H. Lawrence, a conseqüência foi a morte do filho que, pressionado pelo estado de nervosa insatisfação que inundava toda a casa, internalizou imaginativamente o drama da família, o que o esgotou a tal ponto que o conduziu ao óbito. Mas outro poderia ser o desfecho; poderíamos estar diante de um casamento desfeito, por exemplo. Quantos não são os matrimônios que não terminam, de modo amargo, de modo triste e lamentável, por questões de dinheiro?
Parafraseando Chesterton, o problema do homem moderno, do homem do século XX e também do século XXI, não é a falta de deus - é a escolha do deus errado. E Mamón é sempre um deus terrível.
“Foi preciso um cavalo de baloiço” - “the rocking horse winner”, no original - é um relato trágico. Paul, menino filho de uma típica família inglesa de classe média, é assombrado por “susurros” que fazem menção às dificuldades financeiras dos pais. A mãe, interpelada pelo filho, explica a situação como o resultado de “falta de sorte” - a falta ou abundância de dinheiro é sempre o resultado direto de sorte ou falta dela.
A partir daí, o menino entra num frenesi imaginativo crescente, concebendo a sorte não como uma idéia ou abstração, mas como um lugar concreto que pode ser alcançado por meio dum incansável galopar em seu cavalo de pau.
O menino Paul, sob uma cada vez maior pressão psíquica, e após horas de galope, consegue antever o resultado de corridas de cavalo, e, por meio de apostas combinadas com o jardineiro da família, Bassett, e com o seu Tio, Oscar, ganha fortunas no Jockey Club.
Mas o desejo - e a realização - da sorte tem um preço. O esforço mental é demasiado para uma criança e, num desenlace trágico, o menino Paul, após antever o resultado de um importante derby, morre vítima de uma febre cerebral, não sem antes garantir o bem-estar financeiro da família.
É possível enxergar nesse relato um quadro da vulgaridade da vida moderna, de sua fatuidade, de seu materialismo. Os pais viviam de maneira que não condizia com os seus meios e isso era motivo de constante insatisfação, especialmente da mãe que, amargurada com o seu estado de dona de casa de classe média baixa, atribuía sua condição limitada à “má-sorte” do marido.
Mas o que dizer? As pessoas são bem assim mesmo. Vivem, dia sim dia não, com a cabeça nas nuvens, pensando e repensando no maldito dinheiro, no status, nas aparências - vaidade das vaidades, diria o sábio.
O problema é que tudo que fazemos nesta baixa vida traz conseqüências - seja aqui mesmo, seja d’outro lado da morte. No caso narrado por D. H. Lawrence, a conseqüência foi a morte do filho que, pressionado pelo estado de nervosa insatisfação que inundava toda a casa, internalizou imaginativamente o drama da família, o que o esgotou a tal ponto que o conduziu ao óbito. Mas outro poderia ser o desfecho; poderíamos estar diante de um casamento desfeito, por exemplo. Quantos não são os matrimônios que não terminam, de modo amargo, de modo triste e lamentável, por questões de dinheiro?
Parafraseando Chesterton, o problema do homem moderno, do homem do século XX e também do século XXI, não é a falta de deus - é a escolha do deus errado. E Mamón é sempre um deus terrível.
September 22, 2015
Li apenas "Foi preciso um cavalo de baloiço". O conto trata de uma família de classe média em que marido e mulher fazem muita questão de manter um luxo superficial à custa das contas de casa. A mulher não ama muito o marido nem tampouco os filhos, que o sabem, e no entanto - ou por causa disso mesmo - se esforçam loucamente para fazer a mãe feliz. Um dia, a queixar-se a mãe de sua falta de sorte - derivada da falta de sorte do marido -, seu filho Paul toma a decisão de lutar contra o que percebe como a sina da família. Para isso, desenvolve um método obscuro de aposta em cavalos, com 100% de certeza, de modo que enriquece rapidamente, mas com consequências drásticas.
O autor começa o conto como um narrador objetivo, um contador de causo, mas com o tempo passa a ser onisciente, penetrando no segredo do coração e motivação de suas personagens. O conto não é arrastado e sua linguagem é realista, sem cair no naturalismo. O narrador se mantém firme aos seus preceitos estéticos, o que torna tão mais impressionante o elemento sobrenatural - ou seria preternatural? - do segredo de Paul, insinuado no início, claríssimo no final. Lembrou-me muito dos contos de F. Scott Fitzgerald, com suas pequenas coincidências sobrenaturais, em que se entrevê, sem se explicar, que algo está além da massacrante rotina pequeno burguesa.
O final é triste, sem ser trágico. Lembro-me de Carpeaux, ao vaticinar que, após o fim da Belle Époque e o advento das Grandes Guerras, o mundo burguês fechou-se para a possibilidade da tragédia, permitindo-se apenas a tristeza acridoce, meio crente meio cética, em cujo manejo D. H. Lawrence é mestre consumado.
O autor começa o conto como um narrador objetivo, um contador de causo, mas com o tempo passa a ser onisciente, penetrando no segredo do coração e motivação de suas personagens. O conto não é arrastado e sua linguagem é realista, sem cair no naturalismo. O narrador se mantém firme aos seus preceitos estéticos, o que torna tão mais impressionante o elemento sobrenatural - ou seria preternatural? - do segredo de Paul, insinuado no início, claríssimo no final. Lembrou-me muito dos contos de F. Scott Fitzgerald, com suas pequenas coincidências sobrenaturais, em que se entrevê, sem se explicar, que algo está além da massacrante rotina pequeno burguesa.
O final é triste, sem ser trágico. Lembro-me de Carpeaux, ao vaticinar que, após o fim da Belle Époque e o advento das Grandes Guerras, o mundo burguês fechou-se para a possibilidade da tragédia, permitindo-se apenas a tristeza acridoce, meio crente meio cética, em cujo manejo D. H. Lawrence é mestre consumado.
December 2, 2017
جالب، اما تا حدی دلگیر که با زندگی نچندان جالب و روحیه ضعیف و بدن نحیف نویسنده تا حدی قابل توجیه بود.
بیان مفاهیمی نسبتا کاربردی برای زندگی با زبانی استعاری از خصایص این کتاب است.
کمی در مورد نویسنده کنجکاو شده ام و مایلم چند جلدی از آثارش را در فاصله ای نچندان دور مطالعه کنم.
بیان مفاهیمی نسبتا کاربردی برای زندگی با زبانی استعاری از خصایص این کتاب است.
کمی در مورد نویسنده کنجکاو شده ام و مایلم چند جلدی از آثارش را در فاصله ای نچندان دور مطالعه کنم.
January 8, 2021
A Tale is a short story from beginning to end, it's full of creativity and consists of a narrative, Tales can be true or fictional. Usually, they read tales to children to help them learn about life. D.H.Lawrence or David Herbert Lawrence was an English writer of the 20th century. Famous for his novel the Rainbow which I hope to read in the future. I start this year reading Love among the haystacks. It's a small amazing book. I've enjoyed it very much this month. It's an anthology of 6 short stories (1 love among the haystacks 2 the lovely lady, 3 Rawson’s roof 4 The rocking horse winner 5 The man who loved islands 6 The man who died )The rocking horse winner is my favourite because of its philosophical horror work. The writer tried to reach the frontier between money and luck, he defined luck as having more money. The boy Paul bothered by the whispering. Their home whisper (there must be more money). His parents, His parents were poor because his father was unlucky, but Paul believes in himself as he has luck. He tried his best to win the rocking horse to stop the whispering then his parents would be rich and live in peace. i appreciate to the fifth tale “ the man who loved islands “the story of a mysterious man who isolated himself from his own kind and wishes to live alone on an island, would he regret his decision because he died of the cold.
April 5, 2023
3/5 bo tyle podobało mi się powiadań z tego zbioru
Tytułowe " Więzy ciała" oddają ✨️
Tytułowe " Więzy ciała" oddają ✨️
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August 20, 2018Another of the seemingly numberless books I read in 1995 while preparing for Ph.D. comprehensive exams. Almost nothing of almost all those hundreds of titles that I read in those 12 months remains active in my head. No problem, though: re-reading will be even more fun.
November 12, 2021
These stories come from several different spots along the road for Lawrence, some early in his career, others at the end. Young Eve Old Adam was a hard one. The female character was so awful, but he painted a very grim believable image of their relationship. Some of the others were much more pleasant and even humorous now and then. This was my first taste of Lawrence and I’ll definitely read more.
August 19, 2018
For one dollar I found an old 1933 Viking Press edition in a second-hand bookshop in Montreal. W.hat a gem. A lovely book with a reminiscence by David Garnett. I especially liked the stories about exploring the Tyrol. So real so descriptive to just the right extent. If you want to know what good writing is read this.
February 29, 2016
I must admit that these stories have been disappointing. I have thoroughly enjoyed Lawrence's novels, but the short stories in this collection were not as well developed as one can find in other collections. I think I will stick with his novels!
September 16, 2017
I think I read a different version than what Goodreads has... my version had 'Love Among the Haystacks', 'The Lovely Lady', 'Rawdon's Roof', 'The Rocking Horse Winner', 'The Man Wo Loved Islands', and 'The Man Who Died'. The last one dragged on a bit too long (Jesus wakes up, understandably disillusioned, goes for a walk, meets a nice young lady and finally gets laid, then pisses off when she gets pregnant) but the rest were enjoyable in their quirky little ways.
May 24, 2018
Oh that cadence! Oh the building towards the climax! Oh those two last stories!
Maybe the best I've read from the author.
Maybe the best I've read from the author.
June 2, 2023
These stories were a bit of a mixed bag---but mostly ordinary despite the good writing.
5.5/10
5.5/10
February 26, 2025
Wow. Odd haha
May 29, 2009
I liked this collection. Each story is written in a reserved sort of way; controlled and carefully. The repetition of adjectives was cool too. Also the descriptions of nature in relation to human emotions.
His inflamed self-consciousness was a disease in him
He was exactly the worst foe of the hypersensitive: insolence without sensibility, preying on sensibility.
In the dense blackness he felt himself almost extinguished. He was afraid he might not find things the same.
How ghastly! How insufferable! One of them would surely have to die.
Celia felt all her pent-up rage going down that rain-pipe. At the same time, she almost laughed. It was awful.
The only roof I am conscious of having, myself, is the top of my head. However, he hardly can have meant that no woman should sleep under the elegant dome of his skull. Though there's no telling. You see the top of a sleek head through a window, and you say: 'By Jove, what a pretty girl's head!" And after all, when the individual comes out, it's in trousers.
clove-pink-half-opened sort of children.
Thus it seems that even islands like to keep each other company.
But anyone who wants the world to be perfect must be careful not to have real likes or dislikes. A general goodwill is all you can afford.
His soul at last was still in him, his spirit was like a dim-lit cave under water, where strange sea-foliage expands upon the watery atmosphere, and scarcely sways, and a mute fish shadowily slips in and slips away again. All still and soft and uncrying, yet alive as rooted seaweed is alive.
Whereas stone buildings, cathedrals for example, seemed to him to howl with temporary resistance, knowing they must fall at last; the tension of their long endurance seemed to howl forth from them all the time.
Man is tormented with words like midges, and they follow him right into the tomb. But beyond the tomb they cannot go.
Unless we encompass it in the greater day, and set the little life in the circle of the greater life, all is disaster.
His inflamed self-consciousness was a disease in him
He was exactly the worst foe of the hypersensitive: insolence without sensibility, preying on sensibility.
In the dense blackness he felt himself almost extinguished. He was afraid he might not find things the same.
How ghastly! How insufferable! One of them would surely have to die.
Celia felt all her pent-up rage going down that rain-pipe. At the same time, she almost laughed. It was awful.
The only roof I am conscious of having, myself, is the top of my head. However, he hardly can have meant that no woman should sleep under the elegant dome of his skull. Though there's no telling. You see the top of a sleek head through a window, and you say: 'By Jove, what a pretty girl's head!" And after all, when the individual comes out, it's in trousers.
clove-pink-half-opened sort of children.
Thus it seems that even islands like to keep each other company.
But anyone who wants the world to be perfect must be careful not to have real likes or dislikes. A general goodwill is all you can afford.
His soul at last was still in him, his spirit was like a dim-lit cave under water, where strange sea-foliage expands upon the watery atmosphere, and scarcely sways, and a mute fish shadowily slips in and slips away again. All still and soft and uncrying, yet alive as rooted seaweed is alive.
Whereas stone buildings, cathedrals for example, seemed to him to howl with temporary resistance, knowing they must fall at last; the tension of their long endurance seemed to howl forth from them all the time.
Man is tormented with words like midges, and they follow him right into the tomb. But beyond the tomb they cannot go.
Unless we encompass it in the greater day, and set the little life in the circle of the greater life, all is disaster.
April 10, 2016
D. H Lawrence has an unusual style I hadn't expected. Casual descriptions of scenery and interspersed with grand sweeping statements about isolation (a key theme throughout the collection), relationships and mankind. The ideas he explores such as in 'The Man who Loved Islands' and 'the Rocking-Horse Winner' were fascinating, but not presented in a style that really captivated me. A little like Edgar Allan Poe, his short stories give only a brief glimpse at the situation, immerse you in it for only a moment and at the end of most of stories, I felt a little short-changed with conclusions such as "Before a week was out, she was openly engaged to Maurice, and when her month's notice expired, she went to live at the farm. Geoffrey and Lydia kept faith one with the other." - like the writing at the end of a film, explaining in fifty words or less what happened to the characters afterwards when all the build-up would have suggested a more climactic, on-screen finish. Nevertheless, the imagery was quite beautiful, and I commend most of the plots as wonderfully thought-provoking and unique.
August 7, 2013
Fiquei indecisa entre 1 e 2 estrelas sinceramente. De 5 contos só um é que me captou mais o interesse, algumas personagens mais "interessantes" ao longo do livro mas no geral achei tudo um pouco parado e sem graça. Custou acabar o livro pela falta de interesse...
May 28, 2016
Had to abandon the last story 'The Man Who Died' because it was boring me rigid! The others were great though.
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