6 thoughts on “The 1950s equivalent of Oriana Fallaci reports on time spent with the 1950s equivalent of Hunter Thompson”
This is a very famous piece of journamalism; I remember a college prof relating how shocking it was to see a Hemingway no one had seen before: a hard-drinking, almost Trumpian self-promoting gasbag who refers to himself in the third person. And it all may all be true.
But none of that can negate The Sun Also Rises, and the Nick Adams stories, like "A Way You'll Never Be," or "Big Two-Hearted River." He changed the way fiction worked, almost entirely for the better.
Long ago went to Key West, and did have a few at Sloppy Joe's. It was tempting to be 'too cool to go there' but not really enough to stop us. Also at the time, every other bar claimed that Jimmy Buffet was there regularly, and maybe he was…………..
This is a very famous piece of journamalism; I remember a college prof relating how shocking it was to see a Hemingway no one had seen before: a hard-drinking, almost Trumpian self-promoting gasbag who refers to himself in the third person. And it all may all be true.
But none of that can negate The Sun Also Rises, and the Nick Adams stories, like "A Way You'll Never Be," or "Big Two-Hearted River." He changed the way fiction worked, almost entirely for the better.
Heh. Yeah, I got about half way through the article and began to wonder if i just shouldn't go open The Sun … instead.
Hem was right about that. Harry's Bar, where he used to hang out is a tourist trap now, but who knows? Maybe it was a tourist trap then.
Venice is like the Acropolis in Athens: so glorious that no swarm of tourists or degree of rampant commercialism can ruin it.
Long ago went to Key West, and did have a few at Sloppy Joe's. It was tempting to be 'too cool to go there' but not really enough to stop us. Also at the time, every other bar claimed that Jimmy Buffet was there regularly, and maybe he was…………..
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