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Give me the best book by this man.

>> No.12301630

>>12301610
In Our Time
The Sun Also Rises

>> No.12301645

>>12301610
Collected Short Stories

>> No.12301652

>>12301610
Fiesta

>> No.12301656

>>12301610
MAGA Mindset

>> No.12301693

>>12301610
Farewell To Arms if you cut out the chapters about Catherine

>> No.12301704

>>12301693
cringe

>> No.12301720

>>12301630
>>12301652
What literary merit do people find in 'The Sun Also Rises'? I'll never fucking understand this

>> No.12302004

>>12301720
It’s about how much depth of characterization and emotional impact he can create with such an incredibly terse and understated style. Not to mention the famous iceberg theory. It’s a pretty Zen aesthetic. If you’ve ever tried to write short stories or novels you can see it’s actually a bit impressive how much Hemingway achieves with such simplicity and paring down. It seems artless and overly easy but you can feel the energy and effort behind it. The descriptions of the bullfight are also pure art, very cinematic.

>> No.12302154

>>12301610
winner take nothing
in our time
islands in the stream

>> No.12303144

>>12302004
>iceberg theory
What do you mean?

>> No.12303164

>>12301645
Correct.

>> No.12303209

>>12301720
>>12302004
This person nearly gets it.
>It’s about how much depth of characterization and emotional impact he can create
>It seems artless and overly easy but you can feel the energy and effort behind it.
>Should have ended there.

His short stories are my favourite, read a good paper on chapters as short stories and couldn't help but think Hemmingway writes short stories and glues them into a book. Killers is Nabokov's favourite and one I enjoyed studied.

>> No.12303290

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is the best thing I've read by him.

His novels aren't as good as his shorter fiction but I enjoyed The Sun Also Rises most out of the three I've read.

>> No.12303342

Overrated trash writer who people like because he has a sweet beard and drinks rum and killed himself like a boss. That's literally it. And he only got the Nobel because it's basically in the contract to give it to an American every 15 years or so.
The Short Life of Francis Macomber is the only thing even remotely worth reading by him. I understand his style and I get what he was trying to do, but it's just not enjoyable to read.

>> No.12303533

The Old Man and the Sea