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 ...  Read the complete review