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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Apr 3, 2008 23:04:59 GMT -6
I was just wondering, is there any particular reason you chose those two stories as the first ones for us to read? Both stories correlate with the time period in Hemingway's life about which we will be learning, a general tact I have roughly tried to stick to when composing the syllabus.
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Post by Sir X. Pol Briga on Apr 4, 2008 11:12:28 GMT -6
In reading the lecture notes, I again appologize for my tardiness and I understand how I may not receive credit for not participating promptly.
That being said, in going over the lecture I was somewhat struck by the parallel to a writer who lived for most of the later part of his life in Colorado --- Hunter S. Thompson. Perhaps there is as thread or tendancy between writers towards depression, as S:reu Thompson also ended his life in a similar way to Hemingway. In a wikipedia article "Hunter S. Thompson often compared himself to Hemingway, and terse Hemingway-esque sentences can be found in his early novel, The Run Diary" I have read some of his "gonzo" literature, and it will be interesting to compare.
I only met Thompson once, at his favorite hangout - the Woody Creek Tavern near Aspen, and of course never had the chance to meet Hemingway in person, as he died a couple of weeks after I was born, just about the time that I moved from Denver to Boulder where I have since been a fairly consistent resident. It would have been interesting to be in the midst of the Movable Feast in Paris, or down in the keys, at a bar, sipping cocktails and listening to tall tales.
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Post by King John on Apr 7, 2008 8:38:12 GMT -6
Teacher! Teacher! I have a question! <Waves hand.> My copy of The Complete Short Stories seems defective, in that it's missing the "Preface" to "The First 49", even though the "Preface" is listed on the Contents page. So ... what's with these little "chapters" inserted between the stories? I take it they themselves make up a story? Is that story somehow related to or reflecting on the other stories? What gives?
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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Apr 7, 2008 9:20:57 GMT -6
Teacher! Teacher! I have a question! <Waves hand.> My copy of The Complete Short Stories seems defective, in that it's missing the "Preface" to "The First 49", even though the "Preface" is listed on the Contents page. So ... what's with these little "chapters" inserted between the stories? I take it they themselves make up a story? Is that story somehow related to or reflecting on the other stories? What gives? — John R The "interchapters" or "interstitial material" are brief vignettes inserted by Hemingway between the stories of his short story collection, In Our Time. While they were carefully chosen, they are not part of any one story and do not directly relate to any of them, so don't worry about trying to figure out which one goes with an assigned story. They have only passing relevance to the surrounding stories, although much meaning has been speculated upon. Sorry, I should have mentioned that, since I know that throws people off on occasion.
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Post by Capt. Sir Mick Preston on Apr 7, 2008 16:49:57 GMT -6
uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL0744728220080407?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNewsROME (Reuters) - Harry's Bar, the famed Venice watering hole where Ernest Hemingway held court over hearty food and stiff martinis, is offering a discount to "poor" Americans suffering from a weak dollar and subprime blues. The decision by the owner of the restaurant, one of the most expensive even when the U.S. currency is strong, underscores the growing concern about the weak dollar among tourism operators in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. A sign posted outside the restaurant at the weekend reads: "Harry's Bar of Venice, in an effort to make the American victims of subprime loans happier, has decided to give them a special 20 percent discount on all items of the menu during the short term of their recovery." When the euro was introduced as the continent's common currency in 2002, a dollar bought about 1.10 euros. Today it gets about 64 euro cents, making prices seem astronomically high for most Americans. "Since the start of January, we noticed a drop in (American) customers of between five and 10 percent and now that we are in April its looks really frightening," Arrigo Cipriani, 76, Harry's owner, told Reuters by phone from Venice on Monday. (there is more)
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