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First Impressions (see first posting)
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last updated Aug 29, 2009 01:23PM
What They're Talking About (spoilers)
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An Alpine Idyll -- The most striking image from any story in Hemingway's Men Without Women is that of the peasant man chopping and gathering wood in the lantern light, with the lantern dangling from the open mouth of his dead and frozen wife.
It is such a fitting image, considering the title of Hemingway's book, but I have never been bothered by the image, nor the action, as so many seem to be.
The peasant and his wife lived a hard life. We know that. And he was an ex-soldier who'd likely witnesse ...more
It is such a fitting image, considering the title of Hemingway's book, but I have never been bothered by the image, nor the action, as so many seem to be.
The peasant and his wife lived a hard life. We know that. And he was an ex-soldier who'd likely witnesse ...more
A collection of Hemingway's early short stories, originally published as a collection in 1927. I think Hemingway was a great writer despite, or perhaps because of his personal flaws
You can read these different stories, they're good reading just for the simple narrative but also good when you think beyond to his sparse writing style for his deeper message. A good example is CHE TI DICE LA PATRIA, which tells of a trip the Hemingway character and a friend take into Italy, good writing but when you ...more
You can read these different stories, they're good reading just for the simple narrative but also good when you think beyond to his sparse writing style for his deeper message. A good example is CHE TI DICE LA PATRIA, which tells of a trip the Hemingway character and a friend take into Italy, good writing but when you ...more
great short stories by the great writer
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