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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
relaxing
This is Hemingway at his best: pointed, witty, captivating a complex world in a few pages, and very suggestive. He offers a wide variety of topics: war stories without heroism, and heroism without frills, adolescents on the loose, and especially nuptial emptiness. And of course, sarcasm and cynicism are all around. I liked this even more than his novels. (3.5 stars)
This is for the Nick Adams stories, which I enjoyed, for the most part. So many of his stories are so bleak!
Some hate him. Some love him. I think I'm a big fan.
dos años enteros de mi vida leyendo esta colección. cuánto lo amo al viejo, creo que siempre lo veré como mi mentor.
Fishing. Shooting. Bull-fighting. Boxing. Smuggling. War. Murder. Skiing. Big game hunting. Love-making.
Hemingway did most of these things. Some of them he just observed with a keen eye. In every case, his experience and/or observation pays off.
This is just a wonderful collection of stories. Even the unfinished pieces are well worth reading.
Hemingway did most of these things. Some of them he just observed with a keen eye. In every case, his experience and/or observation pays off.
This is just a wonderful collection of stories. Even the unfinished pieces are well worth reading.
challenging
relaxing
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Big Two-Hearted River", "One Trip Across", and "An African Story" are some of my favorites.
Reading this was a commitment I only realized after it was too late. Hemingway has a terse writing style leaving you feel like you got a chance to share in his lived experiences. I'd easily recommend some of his writing to someone looking for something new to read but maybe not 650 pages worth. The short stories above are a decent sample though. Hemingway is also not without his faults. The reading is full of dated stereotypes and terms that wouldn't be wise to include today. I think my favorite quote came from the very last story, "The Strange Country" where the philandering main character thinks to himself, "I suppose, though, it finally becomes a social defect to be unable to believe any marriage has not really been consummated until the husband has committed suicide." Poignant and topical. I'll probably read some of his more famous works soon.
Reading this was a commitment I only realized after it was too late. Hemingway has a terse writing style leaving you feel like you got a chance to share in his lived experiences. I'd easily recommend some of his writing to someone looking for something new to read but maybe not 650 pages worth. The short stories above are a decent sample though. Hemingway is also not without his faults. The reading is full of dated stereotypes and terms that wouldn't be wise to include today. I think my favorite quote came from the very last story, "The Strange Country" where the philandering main character thinks to himself, "I suppose, though, it finally becomes a social defect to be unable to believe any marriage has not really been consummated until the husband has committed suicide." Poignant and topical. I'll probably read some of his more famous works soon.