Wife # 3: Martha Gellhorn
“Only one marriage I regret. I remember after I got that marriage license I went across from the license bureau to a bar for a drink. The bartender said, ‘What will you have, sir?’ And I said, ‘A glass of hemlock.’ Ernest Hemingway One afternoon in late December as he prepared to leave the cool […]
And a bit more about Cuts from FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (This is really interesting when he discusses with Perkins what he might change or did change.)
By April 20, 1940, he told Max Perkins that he had thirty-two chapters completed. That month he decided on a title. As he had done in the past, he turned to the Bible and Shakespeare for inspiration, and after considering some twenty-five possibilities he settled on The Undiscovered Country. But he was not completely satisfied with […]
More about Cuts to FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: Also Martha and Pauline
Myths about Ernest Hemingway—the hard-living, hard-drinking, celebrity he-man—have proliferated almost to the same extent as his literary fame and have inevitably clouded opinions of his work, especially for those who have not read it or read it closely. Even a writer as fine as Orhan Pamuk has misjudged Hemingway’s literature, referring to “his war-loving heroes” […]
Things Hemingway Cut From FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: Part I
Fascinating. Media/Photos added by me. Best, Christine What Hemingway Cut From For Whom the Bell Tolls An Epilogue, For Starters VIA SCRIBNERBy Seán Hemingway July 16, 2019 During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), Spain became a battleground in the fight between freedom and fascism. Fascism prevailed. To gain a powerful and palpable impression of the civil war in […]
Where is Hemingway’s Soul? Writer Michael Patrick Shiels looks for answers.
Where is Hemingway’s soul? A writer says he knows. Very nice article. Some photos added by me. Best, Christine Michael Patrick Shiels, For the Lansing State JournalPublished 8:18 a.m. ET April 14, 2018 (Photo: Michael Patrick Shiels) Modern America’s most revered, complex and troubled novelist Ernest Hemingway – the man known as “Papa” – traveled […]
Hemingway’s Cuban Home: Finca Vigia
Happy Spring all! A few photos and background about Hemingway’s home in Cuba where he lived from 1940-1960. It appeared that things were opening up in Cuba and that there might one day be actual access to Hemingway’s home Finca Vigia outside Havana. The name means Lookout Farm. Since the new election, it is unclear […]
Recent Reviews of Hemingway’s Key West Home and MuseumTour
Happy Holidays to all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I live in CT so dreaming of warm locales comes naturally at this time of year. In case you are thinking of a Southern trip, may I suggest considering one of our territories (Puerto Rico if available and utilities restored by the time of your […]
Cuba, Hemingway, and President Obama
As we all know, President Obama made an historic visit to Cuba recently as the U.S. and Cuba began to normalize relations. Patrick Hemingway, grandson of writer Ernest Hemingway (Hemingway also had s a son named Patrick, his last surviving child. This is Gregory’s son, Patrick), believes that his grandfather who lived on a farm called The […]
Biopic: Papa: Hemingway in Cuba (Movie)
A trailer has been unveiled for the Papa: Hemingway in Cuba movie. This biopic features the story of a friendship shared between Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and Ed Myers, a journalist. I just viewed the trailer and it looks good to me. It echoes Hemingway’s relationship with his great friend, Aaron Hotchner, although […]
Movie to be made of “Across the River and Into the Woods”
Plierce Brosnan will bring a little-known Ernest Hemingway novel to the screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Across the River and Into the Woods was one of Hemingway’s poorly received books. It was written while Hemingway was infatuated with Adriana Ivancich who was the prototype for Renata. It still sold decently and at one point, there was […]