The torrents of spring

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

Livre broché, 90 pages

Langue : English

Publié 3 avril 2004 par Scribner.

ISBN :
978-0-684-83907-3
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Numéro OCLC :
56622508

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First published in 1926, The Torrents of Spring is a hilarious parody of the Chicago school of literature. Poking fun at that "great race" of writers, it depicts a vogue that Hemingway himself refused to follow. In style and substance, The Torrents of Spring is a burlesque of Sherwood Anderson's Dark Laughter, but in the course of the narrative, other literary tendencies associated with American and British writers akin to Anderson -- such as D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, and John Dos Passos -- come in for satirical comment. A highly entertaining story, The Torrents of Spring offers a rare glimpse into Hemingway's early career as a storyteller and stylist.

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Rire jaune au bord du printemps – Mon étrange rencontre avec The Torrents of Spring

Je ne m’attendais pas à ça. En ouvrant The Torrents of Spring, je croyais découvrir un de ces premiers textes où l’on sent poindre la voix rugueuse de Hemingway. Mais non — ici, tout est satire, moquerie, parodie. Et très vite, j’ai compris : ce roman n’est pas une œuvre “sérieuse”. C’est une provocation déguisée en farce.

Le récit suit deux hommes, Yogi Johnson et Scripps O’Neil, employés dans une usine du Michigan. L’un cherche désespérément une femme, l’autre en collectionne sans y trouver de sens. Tout est caricatural, les dialogues sont absurdes, les situations frôlent le grotesque. Et pourtant, je n’ai pas pu décrocher.

Au début, j’ai ri. Vraiment. Puis j’ai commencé à sentir un certain malaise. Derrière l’humour, il y a un vide. Hemingway se moque des conventions littéraires, des écrivains pompiers, des romances fabriquées. Il tire à boulets rouges sur la fausse profondeur. J’ai senti …

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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, …

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