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Feb 24, 2019maipenrai rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I have never been a Hemingway fan. Although I have read his major novels, my favorite is "The Old Man and the Sea" which is really a "long short story". A friend encouraged me to give Ernest another chance by reading his short stories. My favorites in this collection were The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. The latter is kind of cheating since I have seen the film and knew the premise. Several stories reached my level of OK. I enjoyed the stories most which left me with unanswered questions. I liked Hemingway's appreciation of nature. I don't think I will ever be a fan, because of the misogyny and "macho" over valuation. I was going to excuse him for this because of the decades in which he wrote, but other amazing authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sherwood Anderson were contemporaries whose works did not glorify only the "manly". I am glad I read the stories but I had difficulty "bonding" with the characters. A book or short story do not reach my definition of "great" for me if I do not care what happens to the protagonist. I am probably a philistine, but Hemingway is not my cup of tea. Kristi & Abby Tabby