A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Death in the Afternoon - Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway has a lot to answer for. Thanks to his writing about life in Spain, each year several thousand American students descend upon the country, in the hope of repeating Hemingway's experiences. Hemingway's experiences of Spain seventy years ago, that is. Of course, this probably says more about the mentality of American students than about Hemingway himself, but nonetheless, it does confirm the fact that he is certainly one of those rarest of things – a writer who is able to express his enthusiasm and interest in a foreign culture in a way that inspires others to attempt to duplicate his explorations. I've put off reading Hemingway for a long time, suspecting ...

The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

When you read this, you can see why it won the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you have previously read Hemingway novels such as 'Death in the Afternoon' and been deterred by his seemingly masculinist subject matter, do not let the idea of fishing in this novel put you off. The tale is of an aged Cuban fisherman, down on his luck and empty-pocketed. It focuses around his catch of a huge marlin and the battle to land the fish. As I said though, Hemingway is not trying to portray violent and masculine values here and this is clear when you meet the character of the Old Man: '"I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing," the old man said. ...

The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man of the Sea is as much about being macho as anything else. What does a really strong man do? He goes see and fights the elements..he's a fisherman! This Hemmingway novel won its author the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. It tells the tale of an old Cuban fisherman who never has much luck. The only thing he has in the ...