Men Without Women

Have to say the quality of the paper and binding in this book are sub standard. The opening few pages came unstuck the first time I opened the book. I wish I’d found a vintage copy somewhere and not bothered with this poor excuse for a book. Horrible.

Maybe a mixed bag of value but I say that not being fully aware of the background to some of his stories but they are all immediate and all take you with them. The ones that are outstanding are intense and so well written the coils are around you and holding you before you realise it is uncomfortable.

Maybe it just aged badly but I didn’t think much to it. The characters were two dimensional at best.

This book is a classic. Stories like these are the reason for the macho image of Hemingway. High quality literature in short story format is rarer and rarer these days but this is a shining example from a time when it was a flourishing artform

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