I read this book years ago but I couldn't remember the name of it. I discovered that here. The book was enjoyable, a love story taking place just before war breaks out in Europe.. The couple travels back to the husband's country, Italy, and there was memorable descriptions of the mountains. What i didn't understand was the sudden ending. The husband goes off to war, promising to return, and that's it, the end. I thought it was as if the author got tired of it so he just ended it. I didn't know what the wife was going to do or if the man actually ever came back or what. I'll have to find it in my collections and re-read it. I don't doubt a re-read will be worth it. ( )

After I read this book as a teenager I couldn't rest until I got to Italy! Nobody invests the inexplicable calling of blood to blood (or sexual attraction to be prosaic) with as much significance as Lawrence. Must re-read this for mature assessment! ( )