Ernest Hemingway

Catherine Reef introduces readers to Hemingway's work, with a focus on his themes and writing styles and his place in the history of American fiction, and examines writers who influenced him and those he later influenced. Hemingway's life reads like a suspense story - It's full of action, romance, heartbreak, machismo, mishaps, celebrity, and tragedy. He had first-hand experience with several historic events of the last century, and he rubbed elbows with many other intellectual greats of our time. Though his reputation has weathered ups and downs, his status as an American icon remains untouchable.