Book 7/52.
Sons and Lovers - DH Lawrence.
My Rating: 5/5.
As I mentioned in my last post, one cannot go wrong with classics (mostly, they work), and this one was an amazing experience. I loved it big time. I have read a few works of DHL and have yet to lay my hands on The Lady Chatterley’s Lover as it has been unavailable for quite a while, and as soon as I found this one, I had to read it. What a terrific story based on a mother-son relationship. It reminded me so much of a few movies based in our part of the world (hint! hint!), but this one was way out of my expectations and kept me hooked till the very last page on the final outcome. The favourite of the four kids, he finds it too hard to walk out of his mother’s shadow, even when he falls in love for the first time with someone her mother won’t approve of. Tough times at home because of a miner father gradually changed as kids got on to work and became independent, surprisingly, it kept on going against my expectations and, at times, even shocked me. What I found heart-touching was that the second son loved his mother so much that he never went against her wishes, and even his interactions with her were so straightforward that he knew the answers before even asking a question from her. And the way he adored his mother was totally out of this world, of course, in fiction, Mr DHL made him the way he wanted and stumped me by the ending. To know more, you’ve got to read this one at any cost as it was hardly 380+ pages, and I found it too short to my liking. Also, DHL is criticised for over-sexing his prose, which wasn’t the case, neither with this one nor my previous read, Women in Love, I wonder if I am reading censored versions?
Do let me know if you have read this one or if you have a DHL favourite. Looking forward to reading TLCL at the earliest opportunity.
