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The Rainbow
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Farty proto-fascist flapdoodle served up with a twist of hippy bollocks and garnished with enough of a patina of feminist sympathy for it to goosestep rapidly under some people's radar. Yes DH Lawrence could write. Somebody should have stopped him though.
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Apr 25, 2012 07:15AM
This I haven't read nor will I now. But in the end, it's all about individual tastes.....mgc
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I haven't read this, either. But I do love that review.
The bit where the primary school teacher loses it and starts hitting her snotty pupils is good though.
I could put up with Lawrence a lot better when I was in my early twenties. I'm sure it would just annoy me now. The Sex Pistols didn't just undermine my tolerance of Pink Floyd.
Never thought Johnny Rotten could be so improving!
Never Mind John Thomas, Here's the Sex Pistols.
I still like Saucerful of Secrets
I still like "Careful with That Tax Regime".
"Yes DH Lawrence could write. Somebody should have stopped him though"Well, that made me laugh (as did the rest of it), even though I'm very glad no one did!
I know he has his fans. His wife's old home is at the top of my street.
Flapdoodle! lol Love your review! So entertaining. You have a grand mastery of words.
DH Lawrence is NOT a MAN it's a WOMAN..Born in Manchester England.. She is a very good Author.. But a bit too long on details.
well, I always thought DH stood for David Herbert. and I thought this author was born in Eastwood Nottingham which is a few miles from my home. But you say this is all wrong?
I'm sorry but..what? D.H. Lawrence is a woman? I must have missed something.
yes, this surely calls for an explanation - it seems a great hoax has been perpetrated on the literary world.
Well, I'm reading The Rainbow now, for the first time. I read Women in Love, what, 40 years ago (!), Sons and Lovers. Kangaroo. A few of his novellas/short stories. I'm more interested in the man himself rather than his work which, yes, can be a tad tedious. But there are descriptions and insights which have lingered for many years with me. With The Rainbow it strikes me that he's really trying very well to get to the nitty gritty when it comes to relationships between men and women. So much now is really blunt and lazy, reading D H now is almost refreshing. In a verbose way!
The Rainbow, as I remember it, is a real reading experience, nothing quite like it; I think DH was a bit mad really! It's a shame I'm not a big fan as he's the local literary hero where I live, in Nottingham, and I regularly walk down the street where Frieda used to live with her first husband.
Hey..my goodness. I had a pal in Nottingham and he took me to the house in Eastwood. I'm also Australian, though live in the US, and Kangaroo has always been of interest to me largely because of the upset it dished out regarding Australia and in particular the little coastal town of Thirroul where he wrote all but the last chapter of that book. Which, incidentally, has some extremely insightful observations about the Australian landscape and its mysteries. So, a bit of a sage, a bit of a sex God, or wannabe one but always of some interest. After The Rainbow I think Ill visit The Plumed Serpent. About Mexico, another place I have come to love.
I have a recommendation - it's a book about how a guy didn't get to write a book about D H Lawrence. Very funny./review/show...
Superb, thank you! I hadn't known about it but will make a point of reading it. Cheers, mate.
LOL. I disagree with you, but but appreciate everything you say here.
ha, one of my rudest ever reviews. He was a very extraordinary writer, for sure. By the bye, I regularly walk past the house where Frieda used to live, it's just a couple of streets away.
And do you spit as you pass by? :)
No, I doff my cap in reverence. Fair play to DH, he came from nothing and became a rock god of 20th c lit. The fact that I don't care for it is immaterial.
Hi Everyone Lovely review
Wowed by all of your word's Good read's
:-)
Keep the good job
;-")
Paul wrote; "Yes DH Lawrence could write. Somebody should have stopped him though."
Unfortunately old DH preceded miniscule shit GR reviewers no one will ever hear of. If you ever take a break from your standard homo glorification, you might see.
Hope you never do.
Unfortunately old DH preceded miniscule shit GR reviewers no one will ever hear of. If you ever take a break from your standard homo glorification, you might see.
Hope you never do.
Paul, I'm just a short way into the book now, wondering what all the fuss is? Your review is one of the best I've read. I will continue to read this book to the end just to irritate you. Don't thank me, it's just the kind of guy I am.
Proto fascist? Don’t disrespect my boy David Herbert like that. The Rainbow is an almost sovietic read!
Yes. I was infuriated with his repetition, nonsensical descriptions, sudden contradictions and if I was his editor it would've been 10 pages. Gave up after 8 chapters. Time waster.
