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If I could read only one novel by him, which one would it be?

>> No.20170649

>>20170612
His Collected Stories. But for pure novel, pick any of his big ones. They are all great for their own reasons but none come close to his short stories

>> No.20170673

>>20170612
His short stories, in my opinion, are where he shines best.
Short Stories
>Hills Like White Elephants
>The Short Happy Life of Francis McComber
>Indian Camp
>A Very Short Story
>The Snows of Kilimanjaro
>A Clean, Well Lighted Place

As for a novel, I would probably say The Sun Also Rises. A Moveable Feast is amazing too, but it's more memoir than novel.

>> No.20171595

>>20170612
Old Man and the Sea. But read it in French. Hemingway is awful in English.

>> No.20171611

>>20170612
Best-old man and the sea
Worst-green hills of africa

>> No.20171612

>>20170612
A Farewell to Arms. It's his most autobiographical, and the most autobiographical novels are usually the best ones

>> No.20171679

>>20171612
>muh 20 endings
sun is his best. old man is a novella.

>> No.20172171

>>20170612
if it's a novel it should be farewell to arms. old man and the sea should only be read after you have completed the rest of papa's bibliography