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My favorites were some of the smaller pieces midway through the volume: "The Killers" and "A Day's Wait" were personal favorites, for example. But to read all of his short stories gives a much more nuanced sense of his approach to topics like blood sports, war, and masculinity then you get from just reading the handful of famous stories.
I had limited exposure to the short stories, having only read "The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". Honestly, I didn't like those two very much-- they seemed to distill the elements of Hemingway's prose of which I am least fond.
I have read most of the big Hemingway novels-- For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises (my favorite), The Old Man and The Sea. It is a pretty big pill to swallow, and there were moments when I got a little bit tired of it.
I decided to buy this book since I have been spending more time lately on the structure of the short story-- and Hemingway is a master of prose. I am actually glad that I read the whole collection.
I liked him and his narrative voice much better for reading the whole thing. If you have an interest in Hemingway and would like to read further in his work than just the major novels, then I would certainly recommend the collection.
Great book for your libraThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Editionry.
his best stories certainly seemed to me to be his earliest. i wanted to see how hemingway 'grows and develops' through his short stories. there were flashes of brilliance in later stories but some seemed scrappy to me as if now he had fame he didn't need to bother. at times, i was tempted to miss a story as some were 'long winded' and seemed to me to be rewrites of earlier stories. at times, i felt he was sloppy. towards the end of the book, his bits from unpublished works were quite good.on the whole, i'm glad i persevered to the end and read every word. it was a v interesting experience.
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