The Plumed Serpent
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few novels dare to plunge a European consciousness into the beating heart of ancient Mesoamerican mysticism, yet The Plumed Serpent does so with ferocious intensity. Kate Leslie, an Irish widow travelling through post-revolutionary Mexico, becomes entangled with a charismatic political leader and his messianic mission to resurrect the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, drawing her ever deeper into a world of primal ritual, raw power, and spiritual transformation that challenges every civilised certainty she holds. D. H. Lawrence, writing at the height of his controversial powers, presents Mexico not merely as a backdrop but as a living, pulsating force that reshapes the soul of anyone who submits to it. The novel argues, with characteristic Lawrentian urgency, that modern Western rationalism has severed humanity from the dark, instinctual currents of life — and that only by surrendering to something older and fiercer can the spirit be renewed. This Heron Books edition, complete with an introduction by Richard Aldington and original illustrations by Lida Fielding, offers a beautifully considered presentation of a work that remains as unsettling and magnetic today as when it was first published in 1926.
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few novels dare to plunge a European consciousness into the beating heart of ancient Mesoamerican mysticism, yet The Plumed Serpent does so with ferocious intensity. Kate Leslie, an Irish widow travelling through post-revolutionary Mexico, becomes entangled with a charismatic political leader and his messianic mission to resurrect the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, drawing her ever deeper into a world of primal ritual, raw power, and spiritual transformation that challenges every civilised certainty she holds. D. H. Lawrence, writing at the height of his controversial powers, presents Mexico not merely as a backdrop but as a living, pulsating force that reshapes the soul of anyone who submits to it. The novel argues, with characteristic Lawrentian urgency, that modern Western rationalism has severed humanity from the dark, instinctual currents of life — and that only by surrendering to something older and fiercer can the spirit be renewed. This Heron Books edition, complete with an introduction by Richard Aldington and original illustrations by Lida Fielding, offers a beautifully considered presentation of a work that remains as unsettling and magnetic today as when it was first published in 1926.