Tag Archives: Hemingway

Bearer of the Flame

Bearer of the Flame Ernest Hemingway: A Biography, Mary V Dearborn, Knopf, 738 pp., $35; Ernest Hemingway: A New Life, James M Hutchisson, Pennsylvania State University Press, 292 pp., $37.95. Reviewed by STODDARD MARTIN PART ONE 1961 saw two great … Continue reading

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Gabriele D’Annunzio – flame of the former future

Gabriele D’Annunzio – flame of the former future STODDARD MARTIN remembers the extravagant life and dangerous times of one of Italy’s literary giants When living in lascivious pleasure in post-Napoleonic Italy, Byron wrote to his publisher, “Scribbling is a disease … Continue reading

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What We’re Reading – Peter Stark

What We’re Reading In a new seasonal feature, QR writers and readers tell us what’s on their summer reading lists. This time – PETER STARK At the moment I seem to need security foods. I will re-read, as I do … Continue reading

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