Al_Dente wrote:hemingway shot himself when he got out of the hospital
today the diagnosis is called “bipolar” yesterday it was called “manic-depressive” in Hem’s day it was just called “drunk-crazy-genius”
they didn’t even know then that “drunk” part was just masking pain (“self-medicating”)
his last wife Mary left the guns in plain view (gun-cabinet unlocked) when he returned from the hospital the final time
Plus, this is the kind of “encouragement” he got from his mom when he was in his 20s:
“Every page fills me with sick loathing.… It is a doubtful honor to produce one of the filthiest books of the year…"
[Grace Hemingway in a letter to her son Ernest, 1926, after reading his magnum opus, “The Sun Also Rises”]
COULD WE PLEASE DISCUSS SOMETHING MORE UPBEAT……like a LOWER LOW…..
Sorry Al this is an interesting topic so I've got to add to it:
Just after the publication of his new novel in 1934, Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald asked his friend Ernest Hemingway for an honest opinion on the book. The story, about Dick and Nicole Diver, was based on Gerald and Sara Murphy, mutual acquaintances of both Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
And respond Hemingway did.
The letter, found in, Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961, contains plenty of timeless advice for any writer.
See the full post below for the letter. By the way this is a great blog ( I read it every day).
http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/02 ... listening/