Séan Hemingway

Although I enjoyed this collection of works I have read many of the collection's stories and sections of Hemingway's books before. It was worth reading again and a few of the pieces of journalism were unfamiliar but the collected works released by Hemingway's family are more like homages to the great man than when reading a Hemingway work for the first time. As I have completed almost all of Hemingway's major published works I have little choice but to work through the themed collections of show more Hemingway on War, Fishing, Writing, etc. While previously unread works are few and far between it is still worth the effort but not as good as a Hemingway original. show less

This book is written by Sean Hemingway, not Ernest Hemingway. The introduction was written by Patrick Hemingway. The book is composed of excerpts of Ernest Hemingway's books, chosen by Sean to illustrate his relative's interest in several aspects of the sport of hunting.

Because the stories are fragments taken from books, they are out of context and the reader is unaware of any plot.

In short, I believe this is more like a biographical sketch of Ernest Hemingway.

printed 2001