{"product_id":"burning-man-the-trials-of-d-h-lawrence-9781250849076","title":"Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electrifying, revelatory new biography of D. H. Lawrence, with a focus on his difficult middle years \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Never trust the teller,\" wrote D. H. Lawrence, \"trust the tale.\" Everyone who knew him told stories about Lawrence, and Lawrence told stories about everyone he knew. He also told stories about himself, again and again: a pioneer of autofiction, no writer before Lawrence had made so permeable the border between life and literature. In \u003ci\u003eBurning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed biographer Frances Wilson tells a new story about the author, focusing on his decade of superhuman writing and travel between 1915, when \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow \u003c\/i\u003ewas suppressed following an obscenity trial, and 1925, when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking after Lawrence's own literary model, Dante, and adopting the structure of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Burning Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a distinctly Lawrentian book, one that pursues Lawrence around the globe and reflects his life of wild allegory. Eschewing the confines of traditional biography, it offers a triptych of lesser-known episodes drawn from lesser-known sources, including tales of Lawrence as told by his friends in letters, memoirs, and diaries. Focusing on three turning points in Lawrence's pilgrimage (his crises in Cornwall, Italy, and New Mexico) and three central adversaries--his wife, Frieda; the writer Maurice Magnus; and his patron, Mabel Dodge Luhan--Wilson uncovers a lesser-known Lawrence, both as a writer and as a man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStrikingly original, superbly researched, and always revelatory, \u003ci\u003eBurning Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvel of iconoclastic biography. With flair and focus, Wilson unleashes a distinct perspective on one of history's most beloved and infamous writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250849076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512","brand":"Frances Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42222960378037,"sku":"9781250849076","price":29.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_31c34ece-a2c3-4fb6-b5b3-883029f13cc1.jpg?v=1655779791","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/burning-man-the-trials-of-d-h-lawrence-9781250849076","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}