1935 The Man Who Died

Description

Illustrated, With Dustwrapper

The novel was originally published as The Escaped Cock in 1929. It was inspired by Lawrence's visit to Etruscan tombs in 1927, and his subsequent reflections upon death and rebirth. It was finished by Lawrence just before his own untimely end. He was in negotiations with a publisher for a general edition, when the title The Man Who Died was suggested. Lawrence originally agreed with the proviso that the original title should be retained as a subtitle. That edition, however, did not materialise. Martin Secker published the next general edition under the new title in 1931, after the author's death. This edition is the first to be published with the beautiful modernist illustrations by John Farleigh. Given Lawrence's inspiration, they appropriately recall the reimagined Minoan art of the same decade.