Hemingway

[slakjaw]

I ordered a farewell to arms from amazon a few weeks ago. Loving it! What else should I check out.

[Seahawk]

I like his first novel, 'The Sun Also Rises'.

Much different than 'Farewell to Arms', but still a favorite of mine: Jake Barnes and the lovely Lady Ashley.

[Joe Bob]

Best of Hemingway (13 books)

[gacook]

Can't go wrong with pretty much any of Hemingway's works.

[gacook]

Also, if you haven't already read some of his stuff, I loved Steinbeck when I was younger. Excellent author.

[HardDrive]

I think Islands in the Stream is the only thing I haven't read. The old man has had a deep effect on me. The Nick Adams stories about growing up in northern Michigan resonate with both my father and I.

[BeyGon]

I read Farwell to Arms in High School and wasn't that interested then, If I had read Islands in the Stream first I would have been hooked right away. Now I have read everything he has published and liked them all. Every time I think of going to Spain I think of him. When I lived in Costa Rica some friends went to Cuba every three months, they visited his house and brought me souvenirs. I haven't been there yet.
But I do drink Mojitos.

[Sunroof]

His boat still admired in Havana, Cuba.

[herr_oberst]

The Old Man and the Sea. I've read it 20 times. My god, what a great book.

(Hemingway once entered a short story contest with:

Baby shoes for sale, never worn.)

[VINMAN]

All of them. But I'm biased, he's my fave author..

[911dean]

I've never read any of his books, but was talking about him this morning. Something along the lines of him being a man's man. I toured his house in the Key's this fall and found him to be an interesting guy. Guess it's time to start reading his work.

[chapo]

I like to read his works in a clean well lighted place.

[Crowbob]

The Nick Adams stories are great. The 'man's man' stuff may be taken quite literally according to some folklore.

And it was good.

[Tishabet]

In Our Time is my favorite work from him.

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by Tishabet

In Our Time is my favorite work from him.

Some trivia: There's much controversy over 'Big Two Hearted River'. Hemingway actually spent time in Walloon Lake, Michigan after being wounded in the war which is near Petoskey in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. However, the actual Two Hearted River is in the far northern part of the Upper Penninsula which empties into Lake Superior. Yet the story appears to describe a completely different river, the Fox river in the UP, which is a tributary of the Manistique River which flows through Seney Wildlife Preserve.

Not having read Hemingway recently, I seem to recall he also made mention of Mancelona, MI which is also in my neighborhood, so to speak. So of course, you have excellent literary taste.

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

The Old Man and the Sea. I've read it 20 times. My god, what a great book.

(Hemingway once entered a short story contest with:

Baby shoes for sale, never worn.)

'A Very Short Story' is an actual short story about an affair he supposedly had while recuperating in Italy before going to Michigan. Allegedly, your anecdote is an adaptaion of a classified ad that read, "Wedding Dress, never worn." and is used to describe Hemingway's literary technique called 'iceberg writing' wherein only the slightest literary image is presented to the reader suggesting a profound story lies beneath it. I am not aware of such a contest (interesting!). One must be willing to do a lot of work reading Hemingway to get the most from him. Nevertheless, a casual reading of much of his work stands alone as minimalist descriptive prose.

Two Hearted River is such a story. It is devoted to very detailed description of apparently mundane and ritualistic solitude while fly-fishing. The reality, it is suggested, was that Hemingway was actually suppressing one of his profound depressive episodes by focusing on 'going through the motions' after the unsuccessful affair in Milan, Italy noted above.

There is a ton of interesting tidbits about Hemingway with, in my opinion, a lot if it being romantic musings by literary types who tend to…to…romanticize. Speaking of romance, one thing is for sure though; grandaughters Mariel and Margaux Hemingway are babes! Crazy, but still. Babes nevertheless.

[Taz's Master]

I did not enjoy A Movable Feast. For Whom The Bell Tolls I like as well as most anything I've read. After looking over Joe Bob's link, I think I will buy The Complete Short Stories. I'm currently rereading Islands in the Stream and enjoying it.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

'grandaughters Mariel and Margaux Hemingway are babes! Crazy, but still. Babes nevertheless.

Tragically, Margaux is no longer with us, she took the path of her Grandfather to quiet the demons.

[VINMAN]

Hemingway was always one of my idols since I was a teenager. Sucks that he took himself out the way he did.

[71scgc]

Read some of his dispatches from Spain in The New Republic. Progressive Lib rag for sure, but the dispatches are well written and revealing.

Carter