Aaron's Rod
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
A restless miner abandons his family on Christmas Eve and sets off across Europe in search of freedom, artistic fulfilment, and a new philosophy of life — this is the bold, provocative premise at the heart of D. H. Lawrence's Aaron's Rod, a novel as turbulent and searching as its creator's own spirit. Following Aaron Sisson, a colliery checkweighman and gifted flautist, from the grimy English Midlands to the salons and piazzas of post-WWI Italy, the narrative chronicles his encounters with artists, intellectuals, and wanderers who each offer competing visions of how a man might truly live. Lawrence captures the psychological disintegration of the post-war world with raw, uncompromising energy, and the flute — Aaron's rod — becomes a symbol of creative autonomy and the dangerous allure of self-determination. Published in 1922, Aaron's Rod stands as one of Lawrence's most autobiographical and philosophically charged works, drawing heavily on his own exile from England and his evolving ideas about power, leadership, and the battle between the sexes. Lawrence's prose here is characteristically sensuous and combative, moving between lyrical intensity and fierce polemic as he argues against the suffocating conventions of modern democratic society. The novel sits within Lawrence's loose leadership trilogy alongside Kangaroo and The Plumed Serpent, and though it divides critics, its intellectual daring and psychological depth remain undeniable. For readers willing to follow Aaron into the unknown, the journey raises questions about freedom and identity that refuse to resolve themselves neatly.
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
A restless miner abandons his family on Christmas Eve and sets off across Europe in search of freedom, artistic fulfilment, and a new philosophy of life — this is the bold, provocative premise at the heart of D. H. Lawrence's Aaron's Rod, a novel as turbulent and searching as its creator's own spirit. Following Aaron Sisson, a colliery checkweighman and gifted flautist, from the grimy English Midlands to the salons and piazzas of post-WWI Italy, the narrative chronicles his encounters with artists, intellectuals, and wanderers who each offer competing visions of how a man might truly live. Lawrence captures the psychological disintegration of the post-war world with raw, uncompromising energy, and the flute — Aaron's rod — becomes a symbol of creative autonomy and the dangerous allure of self-determination. Published in 1922, Aaron's Rod stands as one of Lawrence's most autobiographical and philosophically charged works, drawing heavily on his own exile from England and his evolving ideas about power, leadership, and the battle between the sexes. Lawrence's prose here is characteristically sensuous and combative, moving between lyrical intensity and fierce polemic as he argues against the suffocating conventions of modern democratic society. The novel sits within Lawrence's loose leadership trilogy alongside Kangaroo and The Plumed Serpent, and though it divides critics, its intellectual daring and psychological depth remain undeniable. For readers willing to follow Aaron into the unknown, the journey raises questions about freedom and identity that refuse to resolve themselves neatly.