But I learned some interesting facts from this article, including:
-George Orwell actually fought in Spain, until Hemingway.
-Hemingway's dispatches were mostly fictional.
-He wrote a play years later where he clearly puts himself in the place of a hunky spy pretending to be a war correspondent.
As to the mystery of why Hemingway killed himself: he collapsed under his own ego. I see this so often with men who paint themselves as larger than life, but there's nothing about them that his large. All there is just facade, there's nothing even so wonderful behind it.
I would also note it's pretty telling that Hemingway's father killed himself. Suicides have an unfortunate habit of running in families (Kurt Cobain, the infamous musician, was the fifth suicide in his family.)
Orwell, YES!! You must read Homage To Catalonia. It gives you a great understanding of the politics of the time but also, if you want a quick lesson in how to behave as a soldier on the battlefield, George actually took part in battles and head on assaults of enemy positions, read this. AND if you are going to Barcelona for your holidays, it's even better.
ReplyDeleteBarcelona is a fantastic place to visit by the way. It's one of those WOW!!! places.I love it.
Tony
The comment " I always associate him with a certain type of misogyny: one that's big on display but really has nothing substantial to support itself. " You weren't thinking of me after my last lot of comments were you???? Ha! Ha!