Hemingway in His Own Country an outstanding collection of essays from notedHemingway scholar Robert Gajdusek delivers to the reading public and scholarlyworld a... » 

Hemingway in His Own Country an outstanding collection of essays from notedHemingway scholar Robert Gajdusek delivers to the reading public and scholarlyworld a new and much needed rereading of one of Americas greatest writers.Gajdusek attempts to shift attention away from Hemingways adventurous life andtoward the intricate and demanding modernist texts he wrote. Hemingway was botha great craftsman and an extremely wellread author. His complex message andhighly sophisticated technique have been largely lost on a reading audienceoverwhelmed by the myth of the man. Hemingway the artist Gajdusek arguesremains comparatively unknown.Hemingway in His Own Country traces outside influences on Hemingway during histime in Paris in the early 1920s. Among his close friends and associates atthat time were James Joyce Ezra Pound Gertrude Stein Ford Madox Ford and F.Scott Fitzgerald he was very much a part of the heady movements andintellectual idealism of his era. Joyce like the other four even went overHemingways manuscripts with him a service we are told Joyce performed forno one else. Gajdusek contends that this period of Hemingways life is toooften seen immersed in the excitements of time and place rather thanrecognized as the studied creation of the unique and consummate artist.Gajduseks essays while occasionally pointing out Hemingways specialintellectual journey focus primarily on the texts themselves working to bringto light the fascinating and highly intricate structures and designs that imbedHemingways philosophy and message at unexpected levels. Hemingway likened hisprose to an iceberg in the sense that the majority of his creationrestsbeneath the surface where the bulk of his power and meaning are concealed.Gajduseks collection aims to help readers part the waters and discover thehidden Hemingway. «