The fifth volume of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway spans January 1932 through May 1934. With the critical and commercial success of his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway had achieved international renown and entered his prime. During this period he completed and published Death in the Afternoon (1932), his nonfiction treatise on bullfighting […]
Read MoreLast year, we sent out a call to the public to send us their most creative interpretations of one of the letters of Ernest Hemingway in our newly published edition. The response was overwhelming, and we were amazed and delighted to see so many thoughtful and creative submissions. One interpretation especially captured our imaginations, and […]
Read MoreThe Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 3: 1926–1929, features many previously unpublished letters, and follows a rising star as he emerges from the literary Left Bank of Paris and moves into the American mainstream. Editor Sandra Spanier discusses Hemingway’s enduring appeal in this new interview. Click here for more information on this fascinating series. […]
Read MoreErnest Hemingway is cemented in American legend, but behind his terse fiction and complicated personal life lurks an enigmatic man. The publication of his letters offers lovers of his work the chance to put together the puzzle that was Hemingway–the complicated family man, confident young writer, and brash correspondent was a challenge to figure out. Start digging deeper with The […]
Read MoreWe know you’ve been waiting for it…Volume 3 of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway is almost here! From meeting publishers in New York to sportfishing in Cuba to watching Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls, Hemingway’s letters to family, friends, and colleagues from 1926 to 1929 paint a vivid portrait of an adventurous man always on the move, always […]
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Read MoreThe 242 letters in Volume 2 can show Hemingway’s brash, uncouth, unedited self, but they also reveal his thoughtful, generous side, one more than willing to send support and advice. Here we collect pieces of his wisdom sent to his friends, family, and fellow writers.
Read MoreHemingway as a proud father, a loving son, and an affectionate brother—these are not the usual ways we have come to see such an iconic American writer. But his letters reveal the man behind the myth, and beneath his brash persona there was a dedicated family man.
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