Synopses & Reviews
From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the familyand#8217;s summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, and his first stories and pieces of journalism were often about his favorite sport. Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are all of his great writings about the many kinds of fishing he didand#8212;from angling for trout in the rivers of northern Michigan to fishing for marlin in the Gulf Stream. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;In andlt;Iandgt;A Moveable Feast, andlt;/Iandgt;Hemingway speaks of sitting in a cafand#233; in Paris and writing about what he knew bestand#8212;and when it came time to stop, he and#8220;did not want to leave the river.and#8221; The story was the unforgettable classic and#8220;Big Two-Hearted River,and#8221; and from its first words we do not want to leave the river either. He also wrote articles for andlt;Iandgt;The Toronto Star andlt;/Iandgt;on fishing in Canada and Europe and, later, articles for andlt;Iandgt;Esquire andlt;/Iandgt;about his growing passion for big-game fishing. Two of his last books, andlt;Iandgt;The Old Man and the Sea andlt;/Iandgt;and andlt;Iandgt;Islands in the Stream, andlt;/Iandgt;celebrate his vast knowledge of the ocean and his affection for its great denizens. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Hemingway on Fishing andlt;/Iandgt;is an encompassing, diverse, and fascinating assemblage. From the early Nick Adams stories and the memorable chapters on fishing the Irati River in andlt;Iandgt;The Sun Also Rises andlt;/Iandgt;to such late novels as andlt;Iandgt;Islands in the Stream, andlt;/Iandgt;this collection traces the evolution of a great writerand#8217;s passion, the range of his interests, and the sure use he made of fishing, transforming it into the stuff of great literature. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Anglers and lovers of great writing alike will welcome this important collection.
Review
Hemingway's best writing on fishing. It is what Hemingway loved most. —Chicago Tribune
Review
He wrote beautifully about fishing....It is wonderful to see the good stuff again and to be reminded of just how good it was. —American Way magazine
Synopsis
Now a Scribner Classics Edition, the first and only collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author's writings on America's great passion--fishing--introduced and edited by Nick Lyons with a foreword by Jack Hemingway.
From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, and his first stories and pieces of journalism were often about his favorite sport. Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are all of his great writings about the many kinds of fishing he did--from angling for trout in the rivers of northern Michigan to fishing for marlin in the Gulf Stream.
In A Moveable Feast, Hemingway speaks of sitting in a cafe in Paris and writing about what he knew best--and when it came time to stop, he "did not want to leave the river." The story was the unforgettable classic "Big Two-Hearted River," and from its first words we do not want to leave the river either. He also wrote articles for The Toronto Star on fishing in Canada and Europe and, later, articles for Esquire about his growing passion for big-game fishing. Two of his last books, The Old Man and the Sea and Islands in the Stream, celebrate his vast knowledge of the ocean and his affection for its great denizens.
Hemingway on Fishing is an encompassing, diverse, and fascinating assemblage. From the early Nick Adams stories and the memorable chapters on fishing the Irati River in The Sun Also Rises to such late novels as Islands in the Stream, this collection traces the evolution of a great writer's passion, the range of his interests, and the sure use he made of fishing, transforming it into the stuff of great literature.
Anglers and lovers of great writing alike will welcome this important collection.
About the Author
Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of andlt;Iandgt;The Sun Also Risesandlt;/Iandgt; and andlt;Iandgt;A Farewell to Armsandlt;/Iandgt; immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. As part of the expatriate community in 1920s Paris, the former journalist and World War I ambulance driver began a career that led to international fame. Hemingway was an aficionado of bullfighting and big-game hunting, and his main protagonists were always men and women of courage and conviction who suffered unseen scars, both physical and emotional. He covered the Spanish Civil War, portraying it in the novel andlt;Iandgt;For Whom the Bell Tollsandlt;/Iandgt;, and he also covered World War II. His classic novella andlt;Iandgt;The Old Man and the Sea andlt;/Iandgt;won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He died in 1961.