Kangaroo
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Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
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A bold and politically charged modernist novel, Kangaroo chronicles the journey of Richard Lovatt Somers, a British writer who relocates with his wife Harriet to post-World War I Australia, only to find himself drawn into the turbulent currents of nascent political movements. Lawrence presents a raw and searching portrait of a man wrestling with questions of power, freedom, and masculine authority, embodied in the enigmatic figure of Benjamin Cooley — nicknamed Kangaroo — a charismatic political leader who demands absolute loyalty. The novel argues, with restless intellectual energy, that modern civilization has left men spiritually hollow, and that the hunger for belonging and dominance is both dangerous and deeply human. Autobiographical in spirit, it captures Lawrence's own disillusionment with Europe and his ambivalent fascination with the raw, untamed landscape of Australia, which serves as both backdrop and metaphor. Written with Lawrence's characteristic intensity and lyrical prose, the work stands as one of his most philosophically provocative and underappreciated achievements.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A bold and politically charged modernist novel, Kangaroo chronicles the journey of Richard Lovatt Somers, a British writer who relocates with his wife Harriet to post-World War I Australia, only to find himself drawn into the turbulent currents of nascent political movements. Lawrence presents a raw and searching portrait of a man wrestling with questions of power, freedom, and masculine authority, embodied in the enigmatic figure of Benjamin Cooley — nicknamed Kangaroo — a charismatic political leader who demands absolute loyalty. The novel argues, with restless intellectual energy, that modern civilization has left men spiritually hollow, and that the hunger for belonging and dominance is both dangerous and deeply human. Autobiographical in spirit, it captures Lawrence's own disillusionment with Europe and his ambivalent fascination with the raw, untamed landscape of Australia, which serves as both backdrop and metaphor. Written with Lawrence's characteristic intensity and lyrical prose, the work stands as one of his most philosophically provocative and underappreciated achievements.
