The man who wasn't there : a life of Ernest Hemingway / Richard Bradford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.

Hemingway, Ernest.

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

"Ernest Hemingway was 'a man who lived it up to write it down' and his life became the root from which his novels grew. At the age of 18 he was awarded a medal for bravery in the First World War; he honed his literary craft in 1920s Paris; his macho image grew with his love of big-game hunting, deep-sea fishing and bull-fighting and was cemented during the Spanish Civil War, when he survived the bombardment of Madrid. But by the 1940s, the darkness of his alcoholism and violent rages began to weigh heavily. Hemingway had become the patriarch of American literature but he was plagued by unrelenting demons and an insidious disenchantment with life. In this unflinching portrait, Anthony Burgess explores Hemingway's fatal contradictions: his arrogance and self-doubt, his machismo and vulnerability."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Young Deceiver p. 9

2 An American in Paris p. 53

3 Key West p. 113

4 Conflicts p. 155

5 War: With Martha p. 189

6 Secrets and Lies p. 245

7 Everywhere and Nowhere p. 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-328) and index.

ISBN:

9781788311588

1788311582

OCLC:

1064936767