What are some of the hardest books to read? A month or two…
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What are some of the hardest books to read?
A month or two ago I read The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber. Out of sheer curiosity, I wanted to read it so bad I just downloaded a copy of the story on my phone. I remember really liking it, the peculiarity of this situation. But I guess beyond that and the writing(I've not read much Hemingway), I didn't even finish it, since I even lost patience with reading on the little phone screen.
But I watched a podcast between two guys, one of which I follow, discussing Hemingway's literature, and how much it speaks to what it means to be a man. The Short Happy Life Of Macomber is an astoundingly complex story. So complex, that upon waking this afternoon, it was the first thing on my mind. Just ordered a copy of Hemingway's Complete Short Stories.
When you read that story, you can easily make the error and think, oh, it's just about a cowardly safari dude running from a lion. But dammit, I think this story alone has convinced me that Ernest Hemingway was a genius.
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A month or two ago I read The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber. Out of sheer curiosity, I wanted to read it so bad I just downloaded a copy of the story on my phone. I remember really liking it, the peculiarity of this situation. But I guess beyond that and the writing(I've not read much Hemingway), I didn't even finish it, since I even lost patience with reading on the little phone screen.
But I watched a podcast between two guys, one of which I follow, discussing Hemingway's literature, and how much it speaks to what it means to be a man. The Short Happy Life Of Macomber is an astoundingly complex story. So complex, that upon waking this afternoon, it was the first thing on my mind. Just ordered a copy of Hemingway's Complete Short Stories.
When you read that story, you can easily make the error and think, oh, it's just about a cowardly safari dude running from a lion. But dammit, I think this story alone has convinced me that Ernest Hemingway was a genius.
#entertainment
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