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The Garden of Eden

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by Ernest Hemingway

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Does anyone know if it is possible to read more of what Hemingway originally wrote of this book - more of the 200,000 words he wrote rather than the 70,000 that were published? Perhaps it is available in a university library somewhere? Thanks
Fred Svoboda The manuscript indeed is in the Hemingway Collection of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. There is a lot more there including other characters, b…moreThe manuscript indeed is in the Hemingway Collection of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. There is a lot more there including other characters, but the entire MS is unresolved. (less)
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Do they switch identities from time to time by cross dressing? I am looking for a book I read years ago that I thought was written by Hemingway, I’m not sure if this is it..
Azrael Haraldssen It's not exactly cross dressing but this is probably the book. They dress alike and get haircuts alike and are androgynous and genderswap during sex. …moreIt's not exactly cross dressing but this is probably the book. They dress alike and get haircuts alike and are androgynous and genderswap during sex. It's a fascinating read either way. (less)
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Is the short story set in Africa that Bourne is writing referring to a specific story Hemingway had already written?
Azrael Haraldssen No, the story is called "An African Story." I just read it in my Finca Vigia edition of his Collected Short Stories. …moreNo, the story is called "An African Story." I just read it in my Finca Vigia edition of his Collected Short Stories. (less)
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