Ernest Hemingway is my favorite author. I think it is true that his writing is more tilted to the masculine view. In today's world it is very easy to find his writing dated and antiquated. For me a male in the 21st century with all the sensitivities that provides refuge into the world of Hemingway is a respite I welcome. We were taught in our literary classes that Hemingway changed the way writing was done. Writing in short declarative sentences his words were crisp and clear like the water he so often based his stories around.
For me the short story is an art form and I I visit this book often for an uplift. Reading The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber yesterday and enjoying the way Hemingway wrote almost in two layers at the same time. The Shakespeare quote on death brings me back again and again.
I gave my son some Hemingway short stories featuring Nick Adams for Christmas a year ago. He has enjoyed them in the rare times when he finds the time to focus on one. I trust in time he will like me return to them. They are like a boomerang they always find you again and again.
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