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The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Scribner Classics)
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Mar 28, 2017
bookshelves: 2017-reading-assignment, hell-to-the-no, lost-interest, not-my-cup-of-tea, the-great-shelf-of-meh
'Why, I loved you. That's not fair. I love you now. I'll always love you Don't you love me?"
"No," said the man. "I don't think so. I never have."
"Harry, what are you saying? You're out of your head."
"No. I haven't any head to go out of."
"Don't drink that," she said. "Darling, please don't drink that. We have to do
everything we can."
"You do it," he said. "I'm tired."
WHAT A FUCKING ASSHOLE! This is one of those *i'm dying so i can be an ass, and people would just let me be, So i'm gonna shit on everything and everyone* kind of books. the writing was fine (to me at least) smooth really. But Goddamn. Harry's personality made me want to reach out, and strangle him to death. He was an arrogant, rude, obnoxious, prick. he did shut his wife down, When all she ever wanted to do is to help him and fix him. i hate when women gets mistreated, but she still is nice and warm and loving toward the person whom she should hate. *SIGH*
a sentence summary of this book: how an asshole behaves in the face of death.
"No," said the man. "I don't think so. I never have."
"Harry, what are you saying? You're out of your head."
"No. I haven't any head to go out of."
"Don't drink that," she said. "Darling, please don't drink that. We have to do
everything we can."
"You do it," he said. "I'm tired."
WHAT A FUCKING ASSHOLE! This is one of those *i'm dying so i can be an ass, and people would just let me be, So i'm gonna shit on everything and everyone* kind of books. the writing was fine (to me at least) smooth really. But Goddamn. Harry's personality made me want to reach out, and strangle him to death. He was an arrogant, rude, obnoxious, prick. he did shut his wife down, When all she ever wanted to do is to help him and fix him. i hate when women gets mistreated, but she still is nice and warm and loving toward the person whom she should hate. *SIGH*
a sentence summary of this book: how an asshole behaves in the face of death.
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March 28, 2017
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March 28, 2017
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March 28, 2017
– Shelved as:
2017-reading-assignment
March 28, 2017
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hell-to-the-no
March 28, 2017
– Shelved as:
lost-interest
March 28, 2017
– Shelved as:
not-my-cup-of-tea
March 28, 2017
– Shelved as:
the-great-shelf-of-meh
March 29, 2017
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Finished Reading
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Mar 30, 2017 02:35AM
Sorry for the miss, hon. xx
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Alp wrote: "Sorry for the miss, hon. xx"Thank you! :)
The wife can been taken as a metaphor for his writing - he takes his writing for granted, and talks about all the things he didn't write and never will get a chance to. The same with his wife - takes her granted, and in his last hours, instead of telling her nice things, he abuses it, same as he abuses his writing talent. That's my take on it anyway.
I've read quite a fair measure of Hemingway's prose & don't think these stories represent the best of Hemingway by any measure. However, your review is a sad case of "if you can't strive for profundity (or objectivity), emphasize profanity."
He made you care. Hemmingway dis his job.
