Very nice take on Hemingway, and very similar to my own. (I was of course a Hemingway tragic for most of my twenties, visiting all the usual stops in Cuba, as well as the grave in Idaho. I'm still an fan of the bullfight because of him.) I think you fall out of love by the time you get around to ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES, which is woeful, if not FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, which is at times very good but mostly turgid. But you wouldn't hand back the stories or the first two novels. Did you see the Ken Burns documentary, out of interest?
I'd add his late memoir, A Moveable Feast, as a late & unlikely return to power (though it's been a long time since I read it). As for Burns: I've actually just started it! Watched the first episode the other night. Very... Burnsy...
A MOVEABLE FEAST is great, but heavily edited by Mary and, perhaps more critically, largely based on notebooks from the 1920s. I'm actually partial to GARDEN OF EDEN, too, though again the published version (which is long) is perhaps only a third of the original manuscript's actual length.
I'm rewatching the Burns film at the moment and plan to write something. I'll keep you posted.
Very nice take on Hemingway, and very similar to my own. (I was of course a Hemingway tragic for most of my twenties, visiting all the usual stops in Cuba, as well as the grave in Idaho. I'm still an fan of the bullfight because of him.) I think you fall out of love by the time you get around to ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES, which is woeful, if not FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, which is at times very good but mostly turgid. But you wouldn't hand back the stories or the first two novels. Did you see the Ken Burns documentary, out of interest?
I'd add his late memoir, A Moveable Feast, as a late & unlikely return to power (though it's been a long time since I read it). As for Burns: I've actually just started it! Watched the first episode the other night. Very... Burnsy...
A MOVEABLE FEAST is great, but heavily edited by Mary and, perhaps more critically, largely based on notebooks from the 1920s. I'm actually partial to GARDEN OF EDEN, too, though again the published version (which is long) is perhaps only a third of the original manuscript's actual length.
I'm rewatching the Burns film at the moment and plan to write something. I'll keep you posted.
look forward to it, squire
Nice!