The torrents of spring

a romantic novel in honor of the passing of a great race.

Pas de couverture

Ernest Hemingway: The torrents of spring (1972, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Scribner Paper Fiction)

90 pages

Langue : English

Publié 16 mai 1972 par Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Scribner Paper Fiction.

ISBN :
978-0-684-13088-0
ISBN copié !
Numéro OCLC :
481824

Voir sur OpenLibrary

3 étoiles (1 critique)

10 éditions

Proceed with caution

3 étoiles

Not for the faintly hearted, not for those who aim to get the easy message out or a delicious storyline. A restaurant, a bar, a place to eat, a couple of towns, jobs, Prohibition and reflection upon the craft of writing. The 3/5 review does not indicate the quality of the book which I think is of the highest esteems, but rather represents a disappointment, an indication on my side. To understand Torrents of Spring, I must go back in time, read Anderson and question the "discussing arts in Paris side".

One gets the most out of this by reading the comments he lays masterfully between the pages, commenting on Fitzgerald interrupting his writing session and spending a little too much time by the fireplace. Attention to the "little too much time". The book is a window in its time period, not romanticizing the artistic movement of the modernist, but …