Love Among the Haystacks

Love Among the Haystacks, and Other Stories, D.H. Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) <br />During his lifetime Lawrence was best known as a novelist, but with the passage of time his true genius is located more and more by ordinary readers and critics in his short stories and novellas. 'Love Among the Haystacks' is probably the finest collection of his early career.<br />تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز دوازدهم ماه نوامبر سال 1975 میلادی<br />عنوان: عشق در میان کومه های یونجه؛ نویسنده: دیوید هربرت لارنس، مترجم: محمود کیانوش؛ تهران، انتشارات اشرفی، چاپ نخست 1345، در 128 ص، <br />دیوید هربرت لارنس، معروف به «دی.اچ. لارنس» نویسنده، شاعر، نقاش، مقاله نویس بریتانیایی، و یکی از معتبرترین چهره‌ های ادبیات زبان انگلیسی، در خانواده ی تهیدستی، در شهر «استوود»، از نواحی «ناتینگهام»، در سال 1885 میلادی، دیده بر این جهان بگشودند. ایشان پس از مدتی آموزگاری به سال 1911 میلادی، نخستین داستان خود را با عنوان: «طاووس سفید» را نوشتند. پس از آن، در سال 1919 میلادی به «اروپا»، «استرالیا»، و «آمریکا» سفر کردند، و در این مدت داستانهای بسیاری منتشر کردند، که از میان آنها می‌توان به: «پسران و عشاق»، و «رنگین کمان»، اشاره کرد. ایشان در نمایاندن غرایز جانوری، و همچنین احساس بشری، مهارت ویژه‌ ای داشتند. شیوه ی نگارش ایشان ساده، و داستانهایش همه پسند است. «دی.اچ. لارنس»، که از شمار بهترین نویسندگان سده ی بیستم میلادی بودند، بخشی از شهرت و اعتبارش را به دلیل نگارش داستانهای بحث برانگیزی، که در زمان خود «غیراخلاقی» خوانده می‌شد، به دست آوردند. از آثار معروف او می‌توان به: «رنگین کمان»، «طاووس سفید»، «پسران و عشاق»، و «زنان عاشق»، اشاره کرد. اما معروف‌ترین اثر ایشان «معشوق خانم چترلی» هست، خلاصه شده این داستان با عنوان «فاسق لیدی چترلی» در ایران ترجمه شده‌ است. انتشار رمان فوق به دلیل در بر داشتن صحنه‌ های عیان جنسی، در ایالات متحده آمریکا و بریتانیا ممنوع بود<br />رمانها:<br />The White Peacock - طاووس سفید) 1911) <br />The Trespasser - عهد شکن) 1912)<br />Sons and Lovers - پسران و عشاق) 1913)<br />The Rainbow - رنگین کمان) 1915)<br />Women in Love - زنان در عشق) 1920)<br />The Lost Girl - دختر گمشده) 1920)<br />Aaron's Rod - راد هارون) 1922)<br />Kangaroo - کانگورو) 1923)<br />The Boy in the Bush - پسر در بته) 1924)<br />The Plumed Serpent - مار پلومد) 1926)<br />Lady Chatterley's Lover - معشوق خانم چترلی) 1928)<br />The Escaped Cock - خروس فرار کرد) (1929) بعدها به عنوان (مردی که مرد) منتشر شد)<br />The Virgin and the Gypsy - باکره و کولی) 193)<br />تعدادی از آثار ایشان که به فارسی ترجمۀ شده است: باکره و کولی - ترجمه: کاوه میرعباسی - ناشر: لوح فکر<br />روباه - ترجمه: کاوه میرعباسی -ناشر: باغ نو<br />فاسق لیدی چترلی - ترجمه: محمدعلی شیرازی (ناقص)؛<br />مردی که مرده بود - ترجمه: پرویز داریوش<br />ا. شربیانی

I am reviewing only <u>Love Among the Haystacks</u>.<br /><br />A story about two brothers working and living at their family farm outside of Nottingham, England. Their relationship with each other is one theme. The second is their respective initiation into the world of love and sex with women.<br /><br />In my view the story doesn’t go deep enough. It occurs over one day and a night. It is written in dialect; I failed to understand all that was said. I had difficulty understanding how the haystack being built was constructed, and when an accident/push occurs, I could not see in my mind’s eye what had happened. The ending is too quick. Nope, the whole story needed to be further developed, added to, worked on. <br /><br />Observing the brothers’ relationship is what I appreciate most. Over the passage of a day, their relationship and each one's self-perception has changed. <br /><br />The audiobook, sold by Audible in the US, contains two novellas by D.H. Lawrence –<u>The Ladybird</u> and <u>Love Among the Haystacks</u>. It is advertised as being narrated by Margaret Hilton. She narrates only <u>The Ladybird</u>, while <u>Love Among the Haystacks</u> is narrated by Victoria Morgan. I have informed Audible of the error. Hopefully this will be fixed. I prefer Hilton’s narration, but Morgan’s isn’t bad either. The dialect makes it more difficult to narrate and more difficult for the listener to follow. The speed is fine. Morgan’s narration I have given three stars. <br /><br />***************************<br /><br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/32071.Sons_and_Lovers" title="Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">Sons and Lovers</a> 1 star<br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/32067.Lady_Chatterley_s_Lover" title="Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">Lady Chatterley's Lover</a> 1 star<br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/459096.Love_Among_the_Haystacks" title="Love Among the Haystacks by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">Love Among the Haystacks</a> 3 stars<br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/31491.The_Rainbow" title="The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">The Rainbow</a> 4 stars<br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/876138.The_Virgin_and_the_Gipsy" title="The Virgin and the Gipsy by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">The Virgin and the Gipsy</a> 5 stars<br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/1919127.The_Ladybird" title="The Ladybird by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">The Ladybird</a> 5 stars<br /><br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/9784.Women_in_Love" title="Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">Women in Love</a> TBR<br />*<a href="https://goodreads.com/book/show/1618959.The_Lost_Girl" title="The Lost Girl by D.H. Lawrence" rel="noopener">The Lost Girl: Cambridge Lawrence Edition</a> TBR

Six short stories.<br />Love Among the Haystacks<br />The Lovely Lady<br />Rawdon's Roof<br />The Rocking-Horse Winner<br />The Man Who Loved Islands<br />The Man Who Died.<br /><br />My favourite stories are The Rocking-Horse Winner and The Lovely Lady.<br />There are some things to discuss in each story. The Man Who Loved Islands and The Rocking-Horse Winner particularly. As for The Lovely Lady, it is a short story with a powerful finish.

I reviewed the title story here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1617370726">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...</a><br /><br />I reviewed several other DHL short stories, including some of those in this collection, here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1610474260">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...</a>

6 öyküden oluşan bir kitap. Edebiyatın erotizm mimarlarından olan yazar, sekse dair tek kelime etmeden inceden dokunuyor. Dönemiyle değerlendirince çok sıradışı bir şey yapıyor aslında ama bizim dönemimiz için yavan geldi bana açıkçası.

<b>Opening lines:<br />The two large fields lay on a hillside facing south. Being newly cleared of hay, they were golden green, and they shone almost blindingly in the sunlight. Across the hill, half-way up, ran a high hedge, that flung its black shadow finely across the molten glow of the sward. The stack was being built just above the hedge.</b>

Having just read Lawrence's "Rainbow", I felt "Love Among the Haystacks" fell short among his works. "Haystacks" double love-story is handled nicely though, balanced with a very satisfactory ending for all. (I must spread more time between reading the works of the same author, as it is hard for me to separate review them on their own.)

I'm commenting on the short story, 'Love Among the Haystacks', which I've read within a different collection - not this one!<br /><br />I would recommend this story to anyone who doesn't normally go in for reading short stories because it's a very fine example of what can be achieved in short fiction.<br /><br />I love the fact that DH Lawrence so rapidly creates the world in which the story is set, taking the reader back in time to the rural heart of England. I enjoyed the dialect, reflecting the awkwardness of the brothers, Maurice and Geoffrey. And of course, because it's Lawrence, nothing really is cosy or straightforward: the heroines appear foreign and challenging, and there is conflict between the brothers.<br /><br />And yet, as the title suggests, this is ultimately a very hopeful story, with happy outcomes.

I bought this because on a trip to Hay-On-Wye, my wife picked up a poster of 'The Man Who Died' original cover in a sale and it's been on our house wall for the last year. 'The Man Who Died' is something I've never read, so I bought this collection of short stories to see if I liked the book that has been adorning my hallway for the last twelve months.<br /><br /><br />I started off enjoying the title story - a simple countryside story about a pair of brothers, sibling rivalry and young love. I also really enjoyed 'The Lovely Lady' - which deals with maternal love as well as how people maintain public appearances. 'Rawdon's Roof' and 'The Rocking Horse Winner' didn't really do a lot for me however, although the allegory was rather blunt, I enjoyed the descriptive prose and the plot of 'The Man Who Loved Islands'.<br /><br />Finally, I got to 'The Man Who Died'. It is a re-imagining and re-telling of the resurrection of Christ and what he did after he returned to life. Basically, he walks about a bit, realised that he was so busy being a saviour and teacher in his first incarnation, that he failed to experience life before his death. He then walks about a bit, meets a Priestess of Ibis who wants to have sex with him. Ponders whether to or not for a bit and... well. To tell any more would be a spoiler.<br /><br /><br />I'm still unsure how much I enjoyed the last story. It was an interesting premise, but I'm not entirely sure that he pulled it off.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the poster matches the colour scheme so, for now, I will keep the poster where it is.

I much prefer Wimaladasa Samarasinha's translation (Aadarabara Aaryawa) over this one. This book has the same D H Lawrence short stories Aadarabara Aryawa had and one more. The language was bit too heavy hence I felt like it has failed to capture the beauty of Larunace's writing style. Even though some of the magic has been lost in translation, it was a bold attempt. Translating D.H. Lawrence stories is no joke.