Ernesto: The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba

Ernesto: The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba

From the first North American scholar permitted to study in residence at Hemingway's beloved Cuban home comes a radically new understanding of â€œPapaâ€™sâ€ life in Cuba

Ernest Hemingway first landed in Cuba in 1928. In some ways he never left. After a decade of visiting regularly, he settled near CojÃmarâ€”a tiny fishing village east of Havanaâ€”and came to think of himself as Cuban. His daily life among the common people there taught him surprising lessons, and inspired the novel that would rescue his declining career. That book, The Old Man and the Sea, won him a Pulitzer and, one year later, a Nobel Prize. In a rare gesture of humility, Hemingway announced to the press that he accepted the coveted Nobel â€œas a citizen of CojÃmar.â€

In Ernesto, Andrew Feldman uses his unprecedented access to newly available archives to tell the full story of Hemingwayâ€™s self-professed Cuban-ness: his respect for CojÃmar fishermen, his long-running affair with a Cuban lover, the warmth of his adoptive Cuban family, the strong influences on his work by Cuban writers, his connections to Cuban political figures and celebrities, his denunciation of American imperial ambitions, and his enthusiastic role in the revolution.

With a focus on the islandâ€™s violent political upheavals and tensions that pulled Hemingway between his birthplace and his adopted country, Feldman offers a new angle on our most influential literary figure. Far from being a post-success, pre-suicide exile, Hemingwayâ€™s decades in Cuba were the richest and most dramatic of his life, and a surprising instance in which the famous American bully sought redemption through his loyalty to the underdog.
Country USA
Brand Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Hardcover
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2019-05-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612196381

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2019-05-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781612196381

Ernesto: The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba

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