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Thursday, June 4, 2020

Auxiliary Reading for The Sun Also Rises

For those who are reading The Sun Also Rises, may I recommend two other books that might enhance your experience? (1) Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises (by Lesley Blume, 2016); The characters in Hemingway's novel were not so thinly based on real people, much to their chagrin. As one reviewer said,
Blume shows how ruthlessly Hemingway betrayed his mentors, skewered his friends in his fiction, and sought to advance his career at all costs.
(2) Kiki's Paris: Artists and Lovers 1900-1930 (Abrams, 1994); A wonderful collection of photos, plus some great sidebar stories, that includes many of Hemingway's hangouts and acquaintances mentioned in the Blume book.

1 comment:

ClaudiaH said...

Thanks for posting these! Hemingway and his cronies were a truly interesting slice of history!