Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1647885 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .96 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 145 pages

From Booklist
Ernest Hemingway was a literary celebrity before he turned 30, and his star has never faded. This collection of miscellany is smartly presented with the idea that Hemingway was not merely the author of novels and short stories, but also of a literary life where every utterance illuminates his reputation, for better or worse. "Ernest Hemingway's best invented fictional character was Ernest Hemingway," writes veteran scholar and bibliophile Bruccoli, who, with his coeditor, draws on materials that range from a book review Hemingway published in 1922 to blurbs for the likes of George Plimpton written four decades later. The editors offer occasional guidance and comment--" There comes a point when great writers should shut up," Bruccoli allows--but generally the pieces speak for themselves. General readers may find much of this ephemera a bit arcane. Yet any collection with an interest in the literary politics of the twentieth century, and some rare raw materials of Hemingway's self-mythologizing, will find this to be a convenient and valuable supplement to the main events of this writer's work. Steve Paul
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