THE MAN WHO LOVED ISLANDS: SIXTEEN STORIES BY D H LAWRENCE

'Everyone who met him commented on the arresting power of Lawrence's bright and sharp blue eyes and the beard he later grew would be as red as a fox's brush but it was not his appearance that Ford was describing. It was his menace' Frances Wilson from her Introduction to The Man Who Loves Islands------------------------------------------------The Man Who Loved Islands presents Lawrence's skilled intimate and lively portraits of humanity. In the title story a man buys a ninety-nine year lease on an island and finds himself cast off in its timeless world; in 'The Last Laugh' a couple are confronted with uncanny spectral visions and an eerie faceless laugh; in 'The Fox' two women maintaining a farm feel the dark shadows of war and a cunning creature threatens to destroy their livelihood. The stories in this collection are about what the characters know and do not know - about themselves one another and the circumambient universe.