Kangaroo (novel)

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Kangaroo is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1923.

It is a semi autobiographical account of a three month visit to Eastern Australia by Lawrence and his wife in 1922. The novel includes vivid nature descriptions, a chapter ('Nightmare') documenting the experience of the writer in wartime Cornwall, along with a sceptical reflection on post war fringe politics in Sydney.

It is sometimes cited as an influence on the Jindyworobak Movement which emerged in Australia about a decade later.

[edit] Standard edition

Kangaroo (1923) edited by Bruce Steele, Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-38455-9