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A review by silverthane
Hemingway: A Life in Pictures by Mariel Hemingway, Boris Vejdovsky
4.0
As a big fan of Ernest Hemingway I was delighted to spot this book by chance in a London bookshop.
The book is full of wonderful photos of ‘Papa’ throughout his life as well as explanatory notes by Boris Vejdovsky. Hemingway had a very public persona as a general tough guy who loved nothing more than hunting in Africa, having flings with beautiful women, drinking and fighting however in many of the photos we see a more private side to him such as husband and loving father to his three sons.
This book is a must have for any Hemingway fan and won’t disappoint. It’s not the sort of book I would say I had ‘finished’ as I will doubtless pick it up many times in the future and flick through.
My only minor criticism of the book is the writing style of Vejdovsky which at times I found cheesy and irritating. As a biography of Hemingway it would be pretty awful but if you ignore Vejdovsky’s input and just focus on the photographs you won’t be disappointed.
The book is full of wonderful photos of ‘Papa’ throughout his life as well as explanatory notes by Boris Vejdovsky. Hemingway had a very public persona as a general tough guy who loved nothing more than hunting in Africa, having flings with beautiful women, drinking and fighting however in many of the photos we see a more private side to him such as husband and loving father to his three sons.
This book is a must have for any Hemingway fan and won’t disappoint. It’s not the sort of book I would say I had ‘finished’ as I will doubtless pick it up many times in the future and flick through.
My only minor criticism of the book is the writing style of Vejdovsky which at times I found cheesy and irritating. As a biography of Hemingway it would be pretty awful but if you ignore Vejdovsky’s input and just focus on the photographs you won’t be disappointed.