Hemingway's boat
Subtitle: everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934-1961
By: Paul Hendrickson
Publisher: Bodley Head
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9781847921932; 9781446484104
Subjects: American Authors; Biography; Journalists
Description: Paul Hendrickson has delved into the life of Ernest Hemingway and done the seemingly impossible: present him to us in a whole new light. With poetic sensibility, tireless research, and dazzling writing, Hendrickson focuses on the period from 1934 to 1961, from the pinnacle of Hemingway's fame to his suicide.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-514) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One: Getting her :; title: American Light --; title: That Boat --; title: Gone to Firewood --; title: States of Rapture -- Part Two: When She Was New, 1934-1935 :; title: Home --; title: Shadow Story --; title: High Summer --; title: Catching Fish -- On Being Shot Again --; title: Outside Worlds --; title: Exuberating, and Then the Jackals of His Mind -- Part Three: Before :; title: Edens Lost and Darkness Visible -- Part Four: Old Men At The Edge Of The Sea: Ernest/Gigi/Walter Houk, 1949-1952 And After :; title: Moments Supreme --; title: Facet of His Character --; title: The Gallantry of an Aging Machine --; title: Braver Than We Knew --; title: In Spite of Everything --; title: "Necrotic" --; title: What He Had --; title: Reenactment --; title: Epilogue: Hunger of Memory.