Ernest Hemingway knew Lady Duff Twysden when he was young. He used her as the model for Lady Brett Ashley in his first novel, The Sun Also Rises. I read an interview with him once, from later on in his … Continue reading
I was reading an article in the New York Review of Books called “A Hemingway Surprise.” It’s about an exhibition at the Morgan Library called “Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars.” It’s a very interesting article, but one thing that particularly … Continue reading
1. Two articles about Ernest Hemingway recently reminded me of how careful we have to be about taking people and things at face value. The first is an opinion piece from the New York Times which, among other things, repeats … Continue reading
I saw an interesting article in the New York Times called, “To Use and Use Not.” It’s about a new edition of Hemingways A Farewell to Arms. In addition to some other material, it will include the fifty-seven different endings … Continue reading