I tried reading A Farewell To Arms but found it incredibly boring. I have already read WW1 memoirs that were far more interesting.What am I missing here? I can't see much appeal to his work. Is he one of those authors who were revolutionary at the time but their style has simply become normalised now?
>>24732122>Is he one of those authors who were revolutionary at the time but their style has simply become normalised now?Bingo.
>>24732122I'd recommend trying A Farewell to Arms next. The first 40% is comatose, but if you manage to get through that, it picks up and is actually quite gripping towards the end. For whatever reason, his novels are consitently soporific at the beginning. Guess that's part of his style.
>>24732122>What am I missing here?First, read a few pages from So Big by Edna Ferber. It was the best-selling book of 1924. Once you get the idea (you don't have to read much) read Hemingway's first book, "in our time." It's short stories with vignettes interspersed and came out the same year. Then you'll get why everyone went fucking batshit over this guy. The best entry point into Hemingway is def his short stories.
