Were his novels even that well written?
>>8060199
No way. Minimalism is nothing compared to the jazzean streams of sweet mind flow by my favorite author and auteur James Joyce
>>8060203
>James Joyce
>Ulysses
DANK JOKE
Americans can't into literature.
>>8060199
not really no
he's not bad and he had a fine vision, just not exceptional, and it's marred by how his work led to a huge decline in general literary aptitude, cause everyone jerks it over >muh minimalism >muh functional prose these days
>Hemmingway.jpg
Anyone who says Old Man and the Sea wasn't well written is dead inside.
>>8060223
You make me cry.
>>8060199
'Pens'.
>>8060240
that Final Walking Scene, So good.
>>8060240
Seconded. Only book I have read by him that I liked though.
>>8060199
yeah. For Whom the Bell Tolls is one of the few books I've read more than once.
>>8060240
Anyone who says it was is dead upstairs.
>>8060265
i found fwtbt to have beautiful prose
Yes, they were well written.
>>8060199
Yes. The problem with Hemingway that everyone seems to have is his influence on less able writers who've convinced themselves they can pull off what he can do.
>>8060240
Read the top rated 1 star reviews on goodreads. I die a little each time.
People think that because they have to take a creative initiative while reading his minimalist style that it means he couldn't right.
