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amyvanhymWilliam Faulkner on Ernest Hemingway: “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”
Ernest Hemingway on William Faulkner: “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”
Poor Hemingway.
I read the first two chapters of A Farewell to Arms today. The drivellingly passive circular paragraphs and embarrassing run-on sentences put my mind out of breath, so I put myself out of my misery by throwing the book across the room. What an empty load of nothing to say.
Ernest Hemingway on William Faulkner: “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”
Poor Hemingway.
I read the first two chapters of A Farewell to Arms today. The drivellingly passive circular paragraphs and embarrassing run-on sentences put my mind out of breath, so I put myself out of my misery by throwing the book across the room. What an empty load of nothing to say.
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Date: 2017-08-11 05:43 pm (UTC)I've actually only read Hemingway's short stories. But then, I've only read "A Rose for Emily" as well. Oh wait, I sorta read Sound and the Fury, but alas, I forgot everything as I read it.
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Date: 2017-08-15 05:03 am (UTC)