Synopses & Reviews
“Hemingway's voice [is] a clear, vibrant, low tenor, unexpectedly youthful, almost boyish. It reminds one of a recurring theme in the fiction, that of age reaching back toward youth. . . [Ernest Hemingway Reads] provides his readers the opportunity to listen for and appreciate the Hemingway wit.” - The Nation
One of Ernest Hemingway's deadliest enemies was The Microphone…but over the years, under special circumstances, Ernest did record a few things for me on an old Webster wire recorder that he kept in his finca in Cuba, and on a transistorized pocket recorder called a Midgetape which we took on our travels. These wires and tapes, imperfect though they are, are virtually the only record we have of his voice. (The one exception is his acceptance of the Nobel Prize which was recorded by a Havana radio station.) - A.E. Hotchner
This audio includes: The Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Second Poem to Mary, In Harry's Bar in Venice, The Fifth Column, Work in Progress, Saturday Night at the Whorehouse in Billings, Montana.
This audio reproduces the full sound spectrum of the historic recordings; it has been re-mastered using contemporary digital equipment.
Synopsis
Though Ernest Hemingway s renowned body of work has been passed down for decades, his words touching new readers everyday, his voice has been heard by few. Here, on this digitally re-mastered audio, is a treasure trove of the rarely heard historic recordings that captured him reading his own work. Contents: The Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Second Poem to Mary, In Harry s Bar in Venice, The Fifth Column, Work in Progress, Saturday Night at the Whorehouse in Billings, Montana.
About the Author
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was one of the twentieth century's most important novelists, as well as a brilliant short story writer and foreign correspondent. His body of work includes the novels
A Farewell to Arms,
For Whom the Bell Tolls, and
The Sun Also Rises. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novella
The Old Man and the Sea, and in 1954 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was one of the twentieth century's most important novelists, as well as a brilliant short story writer and foreign correspondent. His body of work includes the novels A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Sun Also Rises. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novella The Old Man and the Sea, and in 1954 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.