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This is the exciting and highly literate story of the real Lawrence of Arabia, as written by Lawrence himself, who helped unify Arab factions against the occupying Turkish army, circa World War I. Lawrence has a novelist's eye for detail, a poet's command of the language, an adventurer's heart, a soldier's great story, and his memory and intellect are at least as good as all those. Lawrence describes the famous guerrilla raids, and train bombings you know from the movie, but also tells of the Arab people and politics with great penetration. Moreover, he is witty, always aware of the ethical tightrope that the English walked in the Middle East and always willing to include himself in his own withering insight.
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As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the fighting experience of the First World War'. Lawrence's younger brothers, Frank and Will, had been killed on the Western Front in 1915. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, written between 1919 and 1926, tells of the vastly different campaign against the Turks in the Middle East - one which encompasses gross acts of cruelty and revenge and ends in a welter of stink and corpses in the disgusting 'hospital' in Damascus. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is no Boys Own Paper tale of Imperial triumph, but a complex work of high literary aspiration which stands in the tradition of Melville and Dostoevsky, and alongside the writings of Yeats, Eliot and Joyce.
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This book stands alone in the history of military memoirs. The book as a literary achievement and the subject of the book as a personal achievement are both unparalleled. What Lawrence did in WWI - unite the Arab tribes in a common fight against the Turks - was remarkable not only because no one thought it could be done but also because it was done by a man with no power or influence beyond what he could inspire by his own presense. Lawrence, a scholar before the war working as a mapmaker for the British army, was about as far removed from anyone's ideas of a military hero as could be. He nevertheless did the impossible and that story, no matter who tells it, is as fascinating as any that ever came out of warfare.
Equally fascinating is the book itself. A blend of truth and evasion, the book is told in a beautiful lazy style that suggests it had been thought out with the vast Arabian desert and ancient way of life in mind. It is helpful to have read another account of Lawrence's life, just to be sure of what is happening when he chooses to be vague, but the beauty of the writing and the insight of the keen intelligence from which it springs, is a great delight to experience.
Even more amazing is to realize that after this monumental book was completed, Lawrence left the complete manuscript - the only copy - on the London subway and had to recreate it from scratch using just his notes. This is a remarkable testiment to both his focus when he needed it, and his tendency to be frequently apart from the real world. A remarkable man. A remarkable book. Unique and worthy to be read and enjoyed.
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Seven Pillars is an amazing epic of one man's struggle to define himself in two different societies. It certainly is not the best book in style-the language is often too exaggerated and florid-yet, I enjoyed this book tremendously because he was able to show his sincerity about his ambitions. Like any good autobiography, Lawrence was able to show the reader his passion and quixotic individuality in the novel.
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SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM would be that rarity, an extraordinary tale of action, adventure, politics, and introspection, told by a writer who was also a first-rate intellectual and man of letters (the two -are- different), if it weren't also part of a tradition in English letters: the man or woman such as Charles Doughty or Gertrude Bell or Hester Stanhope or Freya Stark, or the men who went off and played the Great Game in India and Afghanistan who willingly entered cultures alien to them and returned changed, with books for us.
Of all of these, Lawrence has fascinated me most. I first read SEVEN PILLARS when I was twelve, and I've read it every couple of years since then. As I grow wiser, it grows richer.
Lawrence was an unlikely defender of empire, an unlikelier man of action who forced himself into a kind of ascetic mental and physical preparation for the great deeds he felt himself called upon to play. Living as he did from 1888 to 1935, he was practically born in the last age where someone could express that claim without being ridiculed; and he found his war in the Arab Revolt, that long-lasting sideline to the War to End All Wars that produced more war -- and some great writers, among whom Lawrence was one.
This is a story of war. It's also a story of heroism and of anguish, written by a man who not only shaped events, but was shaped -- and warped -- by them. It can be read as military strategy, political history, travel story, or pathology.
But it's better to read it as itself: a unique and complex book written by a man who was loved and admired by the most famous people of his time, but who, in the end, wanted only obscurity and the anesthetizing speed of one of the motorcycles that killed him.
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Great... fiction?
This book is great and the movie based on this book is great. Lawrence's account of the facts, however, is apparently "on thin ice" in many cases. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Juli 2000 von Gregory John
A Great Piece of Literature and History
T.E.Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", published in 1926 is a stark contrast to much of the literary works of that time (compare to Virginia Woolf's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. Juni 2000 von Mason D. Kelsey
a great man
To begin with, I feel I don't have a right to judge here, because I cannot judge a persons life. But I can give my opinion, I hope that the difference is clear. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Mai 2000 von Marion_A
Uplifting...
"Seven Pillars" is both vibrant and introspective. Lawrence portrays his Arab acquaintances sensitively and his own exploits without pretense. This book is a must.
Veröffentlicht am 24. März 2000 von "jeff_man"
Even better than the movie
Movies are often more dazzling than the events they are based upon, but this is a rare instance in which even Hollywood and David Lean could not do justice to their larger than... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Januar 2000 von "bmills100"
You must read this.
This is an epic account of the role he played in Arabia during WWI which subsequently spawned the film (good, but not half so good as the book) 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. November 1999 von Patrick Woodburn
Stubborn and courageous quest for significance in the desert
One of the enduring themes of Lawrence's story for me is his stubborn and courageous quest for significance, which came closest to reaching the grail in the hostile world of the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. November 1999 von jbene@compuserve.com
Imprescindible para los amantes de las tácticas militares
El libro pinta de cuerpo y alma a uno de los personajes más destacados del siglo. Describe con simpleza acciones militares llevadas a cabo con mínima logística... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Unbelievable adventure!
It is hard to believe that one person experienced this much adventure. It is a true epic! This is a work of historical significance for contemporary times. Col. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
The best Book I have ever read!!
This book is facinating, intruging, but to the average boring without words. I find it as my favorite book, not so much for the war content, but for the experiance the author pulls... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
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