{"product_id":"the-bad-side-of-books-selected-essays-of-d-h-lawrence-paperback","title":"The Bad Side of Books: Selected Essays of D.H. Lawrence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. H. Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou could describe D.H. Lawrence as the great multi-instrumentalist among the great writers of the twentieth century. He was a brilliant, endlessly controversial novelist who transformed, for better and for worse, the way we write about sex and emotions; he was a wonderful poet; he was an essayist of burning curiosity, expansive lyricism, odd humor, and radical intelligence, equaled, perhaps, only by Virginia Woolf. Here Geoff Dyer, one of the finest essayists of our day, draws on the whole range of Lawrence's published essays to reintroduce him to a new generation of readers for whom the essay has become an important genre. We get Lawrence the book reviewer, writing about \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e and welcoming Ernest Hemingway; Lawrence the travel writer, in Mexico and New Mexico and Italy; Lawrence the memoirist, depicting his strange sometime-friend Maurice Magnus; Lawrence the restless inquirer into the possibilities of the novel, writing about the novel and morality and addressing the question of why the novel matters; and, finally, the Lawrence who meditates on birdsong or the death of a porcupine in the Rocky Mountains. Dyer's selection of Lawrence's essays is a wonderful introduction to a fundamental, dazzling writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eD.H. Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (1885-1930), a novelist, storywriter, critic, poet, and painter, was one of the greatest figures in twentieth-century English literature. Among his many works are \u003ci\u003eSons and Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWomen in Love\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cheltenham, England. He is the author of four novels--\u003ci\u003eParis Trance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Search\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Colour of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi\u003c\/i\u003e--and several works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eWays of Telling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBut Beautiful: A Book About Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is a writer in residence at the University of Southern California.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770363805984,"sku":"9781681373638","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6ca5e78ac2475079da9e92d965aecfbe.webp?v=1780370258","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bad-side-of-books-selected-essays-of-d-h-lawrence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}