If you read "A Clean Well Lighted Place," or "The
Snows
> of..." or "The Short Happy Life," and you aren't
blown away by the
> extraordinary skill of the guy who wrote them
(especially when you
think
> about the literary tradition he was working from)
then I don't know
where
> else to point you. He was probably not the best of
men, but IMO he
was a
> 20th Century giant and he was a damn fine
writer.
>
> Jim Blue
Unfortunately I haven't read that much of Hemingway (I will
remedy that eventually but as everyone, me included, keeps
saying "... so many books
...") but I recall reading "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" as a
kid of about 11 or 12. At that age I read comic books &
SF/fantasy almost exclusively but I'd bought a paperback copy
of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro & Other Stories" (or similar
title) for my Dad as a Xmas or birthday present & as I
had nothing else to read at that particular time (parents
were separated & I was visiting for holidays) I read it
myself. It was very affecting & moving. I need to re-read
it & see how it affects me as a
(sob) middle-aged (but with young ideas!) bloke. & of
course, I need to read his hardboiled shorts such as "The
Killers" (one of the great film noirs although liberties may
have been taken with original source material).
Rene
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