Description
Hemingway: The Homecoming, Michael Reynolds's extraordinary evocation of Hemingway's life, finds the writer in Paris in 1926 having just finished The Sun Also Rises, and follows him through the dissolution of his first marriage and the beginning of his second. We witness the emergence of the public image of Hemingway and his development into a mature and major literary talent.
Most significantly, Reynolds reveals how the emerging Hemingway hero-tough, masculine, self-reliant-represented a radical break from figures in his earlier work, who are vulnerable, wounded survivors living precariously in a world in which they have little control. And he shows how this transition had its roots in Hemingway's own life, as he developed from a rootless and insecure expatriot into a forceful figure of myth, influenced by his father's suicide, his second marriage, and his return to America.
About the Author
Michael Reynolds was a professor of English at North Carolina State University and a finalist for the National Book Award for Young Hemingway. His other works include Hemingway: The Paris Years and Hemingway: The Homecoming.
Reviews
"More than any other biographers, Reynolds provides readers with a sense of what the 'becoming' Hemingway was like and how he used his life to create his art." -- Publishers Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9780393319811
Author Michael Reynolds
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 385g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 20mm
