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Ernest Hemingway

A Biography

by Mary V. Dearborn
Tanya Eby
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A revelatory look into the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, considered in his time to be the greatest living American novelist and short-story writer, winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Mary Dearborn's new biography gives the richest and most nuanced portrait to date of this complex, enigmatically unique American artist, whose same uncontrollable demons that inspired and drove him throughout his life undid him at the end, and whose seven novels and six-short story collections informed-and are still informing-fiction writing generations after his death.

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  • Release date

    May 16, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781681685212
      • File size: 854710 KB
      • Duration: 29:40:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Everyone has heard of Ernest Hemingway, but not everyone knows the man behind the classic novels. Tanya Eby offers a wonderful narration of this in-depth biography of the literary giant. While a female voice reading a biography of a male figure may cause some dissonance to the listener, it does have the feel of sitting with a loving daughter who is recollecting her many fond memories while not shying away from the controversial aspects of the man's life. At various points, one can hear a twinkle in her eyes or sadness in her voice. Hemingway comes to life for a new generation in an epic biography that makes for an excellent listening experience. T.D. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from November 14, 2016
      Dearborn (Mistress of Modernism: The Life of Peggy Guggenheim) revisits one of America's most popular writers with insight and finesse, in this rich, detailed biography of Ernest Hemingway (1899â1961). Hemingway came to fame in 1920s Paris amid the fabled community of American expatriates that also included F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein. His sheer creative energy glowed as he wrote his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, in a little over six weeks. During the Spanish Civil War, Hemingway became a widely read, syndicated correspondent. His well-publicized African safaris and big-game hunting culminated in the celebrated short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." Hemingway fired the public imagination, Dearborn shows, becoming a personification and even a caricature of virility for his generation. In 1954, he received the Nobel Prize for literature. Despite the achievements and celebrity, Hemingway led a troubled life complicated by alcohol and three failed marriages, increasingly spinning his wheels and losing his gifts. His 1961 suicide shocked the world. Dearborn speculates at length on what went wrong, attributing Hemingway's collapse to manic depression compounded by brain injuries. Her fluid narrative and careful research contribute to an impressive biography. Hemingway changed our language and the way we think, she asserts. Dearborn's account shines from beginning to end, helped by Hemingway's dramatic life and charismatic personality. Agent: Georges Borchardt, Borchardt Inc.

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