Voices from the Grave #19: Ernest Hemingway

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This week’s Voices from the Grave is a bit different: Hemingway isn’t reading anything. In fact, we don’t hear his voice at all. It’s :53 of stock footage of the American writer, with a voice-over by a nameless narrator. It is interesting in its own time-capsule-esque way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzns–cGLEY&feature=related

The sportsman we have seen standing by the giant fish, the fallen lion.

3 thoughts on “Voices from the Grave #19: Ernest Hemingway”

    • He was a great writer, and very important to boot. While I have enjoyed a lot of his work, and do not hate any of it, I cannot say that I love his writing. I’m pretty ambivalent about it, actually. I think there is a lot to be learned from him, though, on both sides of the ledger. That’s been an essay in the making for some time. You are correct-he didn’t have a reputation as being the nicest guy. Fortunately, I don’t base my opinion/reading list on personal reputation or I’d probably have a lot of empty book shelves! 🙂

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