The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and Other Stories
by Ernest Hemingway 
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Before he gained wide fame and accolades as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary reputation with his short stories. The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber, the titular story of this collection, was originally published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1936 and is among Hemingway's most celebrated work. Set in Africa on a big-game safari, it is a story of betrayal, courage, and the relationship between a husband and wife. Other stories in this collection include The Capital show more of the World, A Way You'll Never Be, A Day's Wait, and Fathers and Sons. All sixteen stories showcase the singular talent of a master, the most important American writer of the twentieth century. This edition is in Bulgarian.] show lessTags
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My first Hemingway story. I actually researched which one would be best to read first, and many suggested The Old Man and the Sea. I decided to go with his book of short stories, which begins with this story. I'm happy to say I loved it!
The story began a little confusing to me with all this talk of a lion, but this is Hemingway we're talking about. I knew there had to be a point. And there was.
For such a short story, there's a great depth to the characters too. I mean, there are limits to how much you can squeeze in, but Hemingway tells you a lot about Macomber, his wife & Wilson.
Once you've gotten a few pages in, you really do need to keep going until you finish. And the dialogue? The dialogue is fantastic!
The story began a little confusing to me with all this talk of a lion, but this is Hemingway we're talking about. I knew there had to be a point. And there was.
For such a short story, there's a great depth to the characters too. I mean, there are limits to how much you can squeeze in, but Hemingway tells you a lot about Macomber, his wife & Wilson.
Once you've gotten a few pages in, you really do need to keep going until you finish. And the dialogue? The dialogue is fantastic!
Kort och innehållsrik! Här händer det grejer i alla fall!
Francis e Margaret Macomber saem em safári na África Oriental e contratam Robert Wilson, grande caçador profissional, como guia. O casamento dos Macombers não é feliz, mas Francis espera que a viagem os reaproxime. Quando se trata de caçar animais, Francis não é muito firme e foge como uma criança assustada quando atacado por um leão. A esposa fica profundamente envergonhada e aproveita todas as oportunidades para lhe denegrir o ato de covardia. Ela também gostou imediatamente de Wilson, que permanece sempre calmo. Quando Margaret dá um tiro no marido, ela e Wilson voltam para Nairóbi, onde o guia precisa decidir exatamente o que vai contar à polícia. Diferentes tipos de códigos morais entram em conflito e criam tensão show more em “A Vida Feliz e Curta de Francis Macomber”. Embora Wilson enfatize a importância de limitar o sofrimento dos animais caçados, essa firme estima pelo mundo natural contraria sua própria falta de respeito pelos outros seres humanos dentro do mundo da caça. A moralidade contraditória de Wilson demonstra que o homem está frequentemente em conflito com seu próprio mundo e tem o raciocínio falacioso. Hemingway sugere que um código moral constantemente mudado para acomodar cada situação não é realmente moral. show less
Jan 13, 2019Portuguese (Brazil)
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Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in the family home in Oak Park, Ill., on July 21, 1899. In high school, Hemingway enjoyed working on The Trapeze, his school newspaper, where he wrote his first articles. Upon graduation in the spring of 1917, Hemingway took a job as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. After a short stint in the U.S. Army as a show more volunteer Red Cross ambulance driver in Italy, Hemingway moved to Paris, and it was here that Hemingway began his well-documented career as a novelist. Hemingway's first collection of short stories and vignettes, entitled In Our Time, was published in 1925. His first major novel, The Sun Also Rises, the story of American and English expatriates in Paris and on excursion to Pamplona, immediately established him as one of the great prose stylists and preeminent writers of his time. In this book, Hemingway quotes Gertrude Stein, "You are all a lost generation," thereby labeling himself and other expatriate writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, and Ford Madox Ford. Other novels written by Hemingway include: A Farewell To Arms, the story, based in part on Hemingway's life, of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse; For Whom the Bell Tolls, the story of an American who fought, loved, and died with the guerrillas in the mountains of Spain; and To Have and Have Not, about an honest man forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West. Non-fiction includes Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in East Africa; and A Moveable Feast, his recollections of Paris in the Roaring 20s. In 1954, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novella, The Old Man and the Sea. A year after being hospitalized for uncontrolled high blood pressure, liver disease, diabetes, and depression, Hemingway committed suicide on July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1936: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber; 1936: The Capital of the World; 1936: Old Man at the Bridge; 1933: 14 stories from "Winner Take Nothing"; 1963: This selection
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- Kenya; Oklahoma, USA
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- The Great War
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- English
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