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A carregar... The Mintpor T. E. Lawrence
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  DinadansFriend | Jun 25, 2014 |   Less introspective. Less adventure (well, there's no war on). No camels (I should hope not in Southern England). No desert (see previous). And yet, Lawrence had this incredible gift for getting the reader into his head. The Mint is Lawrence's attempt to chronicle how the military takes recruits as raw material and mints them into something new. It is a very successful attempt. It also serves as a kind of bookend to Seven Pillars, in which Lawrence fell apart from internal stresses. The Mint is about how Lawrence recreates himself into something whole again. Makes himself into a part of a community that serves something greater. Not as the great man leading the charge, but as one of the cogs and wheels that make the whole thing go. If you're in the mood for an interesting and intelligent book, take a look. (  )2  crystalcarroll | Sep 2, 2012 |
In a series of sketches and personal impressions of the people he worked with and the aspects of barracks life one gets flashes of the sensitive quality of Lawrence's prose. The imaginative interpretation, poignant, bitter, devastating, suggests a writer's notebook. And yet at times there's the linear, introspective aspect of a modern novel. Now monotonous, now holding, it is a unique reading experience. Pertence à Série da EditoraÉ expandida em
In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though methodical and restrictive, life there seemed to suit Lawrence: "The Air Force is not a man-crushing humiliating slavery, all its days. There is sun & decent treatment, and a very real measure of happiness, to those who do not look forward or back." With poetic clarity, Lawrence brings to life the harsh realities of barracks life and illuminates the strange twilight world he had slipped into after his war experiences. For anyone interested in the life of one of the 20th century's most enduring heroes and his life beyond the well-documented Arab revolt, The Mint is essential and compelling reading. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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It is well written, and I see that it was originally published in 1927. (