I decided that before 20's month slipped away I'd reread some
of Hemingway's stuff. I've got a collection of all his
stories but I wanted to target the ones in the MEN WITHOUT
WOMEN collection, but I couldn't find a complete listing. I
did find a partial listing and "Fifty Grand" was one of
them.
Although Hemingway is often associated with hardboiled, I
usually think of his version of tough as something more
subtle and far less "macho" and more in the stoic camp of
toughness, withstanding the pain rather than dealing it out.
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT would be a notable exception to this, of
course.
Anyway, I reread "Fifty Grand". It's a fairly decent story
about a fading fighter's last fight. And, true to form, the
toughness is mostly stoic here.
I'll surf around the net today and see if I can find a
complete listing of the stories in the MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
collection.
miker
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