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Papa: A Personal Memoir
Hardcover, 119 pages
Published
June 1st 1976
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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This small book is a nice tribute to Ernest Hemingway by his youngest son. I have had it on my shelves for years and just now decided to read it. It is an easy and quick read and reveals a sweetness in the elder Hemingway that somehow has been overlooked in other books. Maybe Gregory saw a sweetness that wasn't there given his eventual life circumstances, but he notes it, nonetheless. Interesting to me is the relationship between Martha Gellhorn and Gregory Hemingway, whose mother was E. Hemingw...more
While researching Hemingway's life, I was happy to discover this brief biography of one of the most intriguing and talented American writers. Gregory "Gig" Hemingway stumbled from complete admiration for his father, to fear, to frustration. This is the best short biography of Hemingway I have read from someone who knew him well, better than all scholars, professors, and Hemingway fans. It is not the most extensive study, but if you're looking for a brief and powerful biography, this is the best...more
This is a memoir by Ernest Hemmingway's youngest son about his father. Giving it 3 stars because it did enlighten me as to a few things about Hemmingway that I didn't know. However, the anecdotes are peacemeal with no real flow. It was like he was sitting around the kitchen table telling a bunch of separate stories about his father. Also the 60's vernacular was a bit racist/sexist for my tastes and although that was the times it was still off-putting. But it did give a bit more insight into the...more
A perfect companion piece - providing insight - to "The Old Man and the Sea."
There's a good case with Ernest Hemingway that knowing the personality of the writer is actually relevant to understanding the literature. Doubtless, Hemingway was an autobiographical writer, and he was emotional, and he appears to have worked out a lot of his emotions and thoughts in his writing.
Gregory's book falls short of delving into gender issues (think Hemingway's Pilar in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and asundry...more
There's a good case with Ernest Hemingway that knowing the personality of the writer is actually relevant to understanding the literature. Doubtless, Hemingway was an autobiographical writer, and he was emotional, and he appears to have worked out a lot of his emotions and thoughts in his writing.
Gregory's book falls short of delving into gender issues (think Hemingway's Pilar in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and asundry...more
Written by Hemingway’s youngest son, who became a doctor, fathered umpteen children, and eventually went on to undergo years of therapy for his cross-dressing. Well-written but of course just a slice of Hemingway’s life — he and his brothers usually spent only summers and some holidays with their father.
If you have even a passing interest in Ernest Hemingway, I highly recommend this slim book by his youngest son. It is filled with fascinating and outragous ancedotes about E.H. and is also a very moving and insightful story about the relationship between a father and son.
A fast, one-sitting read. The author of
Hemingway's Boat
spoke very highly of this memoir, and I enjoyed it. Gregory, Hemingway's youngest son, speaks lovingly of childhood times with his father though as an adult their relationship was troubled.
This was a fun book to read. I have always enjoyed Earnest Heminway's writing, so to learn something about his relationship with he son was interesting.
Borrowed from library
Brief, entertaining and heartfelt. This is the memoir of Ernest Hemingway's youngest son "Gig." There's a lot of love in this book and a lot of hate as well. Lots of exciting stories about life as the son of an American Literary Giant, as well as tales of hunting for elephants, almost being eaten by sharks and searching for Nazi subs in cuba. A great introductory biography on Hemingway.
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