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Andronikos asked this question about A Farewell to Arms:
Anybody else out there who finds Hemingway's style almost completely unreadable?
Andronikos Personally I think forcing the reader to do *some work is a good thing... the whole "show don't tell" idea. Gene Wolfe does it: not actually "telling"…morePersonally I think forcing the reader to do *some work is a good thing... the whole "show don't tell" idea. Gene Wolfe does it: not actually "telling" the reader anything and assuming they know the dynamics of his world so they have to "discover" the setting... makes it much more interesting...

What I was referring to was Hemingway's sentence structure. Farewell to Arms is a great story... I just find myself running into walls because the terseness just defies all logic of writing... I have to read everything three times for it to makes sense. You appear to be a Hemingway fan: to be honest, I kind of envy you for the ability to get past his REALLY AWKWARD style to the meat beneath...(less)
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A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
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