Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (Paperback, New Ed)

Driven by a desire to uncover the truth about Ernest Hemingway, Palin sets off on a world tour of the famous author's haunts - from the World War I battlefields where Hemingway was badly injured, to the running of the bulls at Pamplona where he set his most famous book The Sun Also Rises, and to Cuba, his adopted home for 20 years. Palin's inimitable prose wonderfully explores Hemingway's all-action, hard-drinking and sport-loving lifestyle, truly getting under the skin of one of this century's greatest writers. Basil Pao's fantastic photographs capture the local scenes beautifully making this a glorious book to linger over and savour. (Kirkus UK)

A winning combination of No.1 travel writer Michael Palin and one of the great literary figures of the century. When Michael Palin was researching for his novel HEMINGWAY'S CHAIR his interest was stimulated by Hemingway's appetite for travel and 'Papa's' evocations of the places he knew. Hemingway remains a compelling figure, and Palin's goal was to revisit Hemingway's world. This book includes the American West ('wide lawns and narrow minds'), Idaho, Michigan ('fly fishing, hunting'), Europe in the First World (where Hemingway was wounded serving in the Ambulance Brigade), Cuba (where Hemingway wrote FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS), Paris in the Roaring Twenties and Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Sun Valley and Key West - where the Hemingway lookalike competition is an annual event.

General

Imprint:	Orion mass market paperback
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2009
Authors:	Michael Palin
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	214
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7528-3706-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-7528-3706-0
Barcode:	9780752837062

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