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Hemingway's Boat : Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 by Paul Hendrickson (2011, Hardcover)
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This book, titled "Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961" is a fascinating read for those interested in the life and career of Ernest Hemingway. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Hemingway's life and career, and the impact of his experiences on his writing.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400041627
ISBN-139781400041626
eBay Product ID (ePID)99575163
Product Key Features
Book TitleHemingway's Boat : Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEditors, Journalists, Publishers, American / General, Literary
Publication Year2011
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPaul Hendrickson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight30.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-003398
Reviews"Admirably absorbing, important, and moving . . . Poignant . . . Acutely sensitive to his subject's volatile, 'gratuitously mean' personality, Hendrickson offers fascinating details and sheds new light on Hemingway's kinder, more generous side." -Starred review, Publishers Weekly " Hemingway's Boat is Paul Hendrickson at his peak, which is as good as it gets. I've not read a book in years that struck me so deeply paragraph after paragraph, page after page, chapter after chapter-the writing, research, sensibility, honesty, sadness and guts to steer Pilar and Hemingway down so many unexplored and revelatory ocean streams." -David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi "The complex life of a deservedly renowned, brilliantly energetic storyteller is here told with knowing sensitivity, and remarkably, without resort to the mannerisms of the psychiatric clinic or to the various canons of the literary and educational worlds. In a sense, Paul Hendrickson, an essayist and skilled documentary writer, himself builds Hemingway's boat, sees its practical and metaphorical significance to a novelist who struggled mightily, sometimes with success, sometimes with failure, to navigate life's challenging hurdles, obstacles, opportunities, as they came his way, wave after wave of them, in his boldly, bravely original, yet often melancholy effort to stay afloat, keep on top of things as a writer, husband, father." -Robert Coles, author of Children of Crisis: A Study of Courage and Fear "Just when you thought there was nothing left to say about Papa, along comes Hemingway's Boat . Paul Hendrickson proposes that the thirty-eight-foot motor yacht Pilar was the true love of Hemingway's life, and from this slant angle manages to bring the revered and reviled author of 'The Snows of Kilamanjaro' back to life for us once again." -Jay McInerney, author of How It Ended: New and Collected Stories "Paul Hendrickson is the most innovative and creative nonfiction writer I know. Just read Hemingway's Boat and you'll see what I mean. He has an almost saintly compassion for both the greatness and the foibles of Hemingway, and he brings the reader directly into Papa's sultry Cuban lair like never before. A landmark publishing event." -Douglas G. Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge, "Less a biography than a deeply reported, achingly considered meditative essay, Hemingway's Boat covers a vast amount of territory in the life of the mythic, difficult-to-understand Papa, all of it coming back in some way to Hemingway's beloved 38-foot, two-engine, ocean-plying Pilar. Fishing, fatherhood, manhood, writing, the infinite pull of the Gulf Stream-these constitute only the starting point of Hendrickson's sympathetic, illuminating wanderings . . . Hendrickson's book is filled with intensity, humanity, and more." -Starred review, Booklist "Splendid . . . A moving, highly evocative account . . . Seven years in the making, this vivid portrait allows us to see Hemingway on the Pilar once again, standing on the flying bridge and guiding her out of the harbor at sunrise. Appearing on the 50th anniversary of Hemingway's death, this beautifully written, nuanced meditation deserves a wide audience." -Starred review, Kirkus "Admirably absorbing, important, and moving . . . Poignant . . . Acutely sensitive to his subject's volatile, 'gratuitously mean' personality, Hendrickson offers fascinating details and sheds new light on Hemingway's kinder, more generous side." -Starred review, Publishers Weekly "Unique . . . Hendrickson has come neither to praise nor bury his subject, but to give him a fair shot . . . Featuring spry writing and clever insight but thankfully little critical analysis of Ernest Hemingway's work (that's been done to death), Hendrickson brings fresh meat to the table, delivering one of the most satisfying Hemingway assessments in many years. A delight for Ernesto's numerous fans." -Starred review, Library Journal "Hemingway''s Boat is Paul Hendrickson at his peak, which is as good as it gets. I''ve not read a book in years that struck me so deeply paragraph after paragraph, page after page, chapter after chapter-the writing, research, sensibility, honesty, sadness and guts to steer Pilar and Hemingway down so many unexplored and revelatory ocean streams." -David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi "The complex life of a deservedly renowned, brilliantly energetic storyteller is here told with knowing sensitivity, and remarkably, without resort to the mannerisms of the psychiatric clinic or to the various canons of the literary and educational worlds. In a sense, Paul Hendrickson, an essayist and skilled documentary writer, himself builds Hemingway's boat, sees its practical and metaphorical significance to a novelist who struggled mightily, sometimes with success, sometimes with failure, to navigate life's challenging hurdles, obstacles, opportunities, as they came his way, wave after wave of them, in his boldly, bravely original, yet often melancholy effort to stay afloat, keep on top of things as a writer, husband, father." -Robert Coles, author of Children of Crisis: A Study of Courage and Fear "Just when you thought there was nothing left to say about Papa, along comes Hemingway''s Boat . Paul Hendrickson proposes that the thirty-eight-foot motor yacht Pilar was the true love of Hemingway''s life, and from this slant angle manages to bring the revered and reviled author of 'The Snows of Kilamanjaro' back to life for us once again." -Jay McInerney, author of How It Ended: New and Collected Stories "Paul Hendrickson is the most innovative and creative nonfiction writer I know. Just read Hemingway''s Boat and you''ll see what I mean. He has an almost saintly compassion for both the greatness and the foibles of Hemingway, and he brings the reader directly into Papa''s sultry Cuban lair like never before. A landmark publishing event." -Douglas G. Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge , "Splendid . . . A moving, highly evocative account . . . Seven years in the making, this vivid portrait allows us to see Hemingway on the Pilar once again, standing on the flying bridge and guiding her out of the harbor at sunrise. Appearing on the 50th anniversary of Hemingway's death, this beautifully written, nuanced meditation deserves a wide audience." -Starred review, Kirkus "Admirably absorbing, important, and moving . . . Poignant . . . Acutely sensitive to his subject's volatile, 'gratuitously mean' personality, Hendrickson offers fascinating details and sheds new light on Hemingway's kinder, more generous side." -Starred review, Publishers Weekly "Unique . . . Hendrickson has come neither to praise nor bury his subject, but to give him a fair shot . . . Featuring spry writing and clever insight but thankfully little critical analysis of Ernest Hemingway's work (that's been done to death), Hendrickson brings fresh meat to the table, delivering one of the most satisfying Hemingway assessments in many years. A delight for Ernesto's numerous fans." -Starred review, Library Journal "Hemingway''s Boat is Paul Hendrickson at his peak, which is as good as it gets. I''ve not read a book in years that struck me so deeply paragraph after paragraph, page after page, chapter after chapter-the writing, research, sensibility, honesty, sadness and guts to steer Pilar and Hemingway down so many unexplored and revelatory ocean streams." -David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi "The complex life of a deservedly renowned, brilliantly energetic storyteller is here told with knowing sensitivity, and remarkably, without resort to the mannerisms of the psychiatric clinic or to the various canons of the literary and educational worlds. In a sense, Paul Hendrickson, an essayist and skilled documentary writer, himself builds Hemingway's boat, sees its practical and metaphorical significance to a novelist who struggled mightily, sometimes with success, sometimes with failure, to navigate life's challenging hurdles, obstacles, opportunities, as they came his way, wave after wave of them, in his boldly, bravely original, yet often melancholy effort to stay afloat, keep on top of things as a writer, husband, father." -Robert Coles, author of Children of Crisis: A Study of Courage and Fear "Just when you thought there was nothing left to say about Papa, along comes Hemingway''s Boat . Paul Hendrickson proposes that the thirty-eight-foot motor yacht Pilar was the true love of Hemingway''s life, and from this slant angle manages to bring the revered and reviled author of 'The Snows of Kilamanjaro' back to life for us once again." -Jay McInerney, author of How It Ended: New and Collected Stories "Paul Hendrickson is the most innovative and creative nonfiction writer I know. Just read Hemingway''s Boat and you''ll see what I mean. He has an almost saintly compassion for both the greatness and the foibles of Hemingway, and he brings the reader directly into Papa''s sultry Cuban lair like never before. A landmark publishing event." -Douglas G. Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.52 B
SynopsisFrom a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, a brilliantly conceived and illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will forever change the way he is perceived and understood. Focusing on the years 1934 to 1961--from Hemingway's pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide--Paul Hendrickson traces the writer's exultations and despair around the one constant in his life during this time: his beloved boat, Pilar . We follow him from Key West to Paris, to New York, Africa, Cuba, and finally Idaho, as he wrestles with his best angels and worst demons. Whenever he could, he returned to his beloved fishing cruiser, to exult in the sea, to fight the biggest fish he could find, to drink, to entertain celebrities and friends and seduce women, to be with his children. But as he began to succumb to the diseases of fame, we see that Pilar was also where he cursed his critics, saw marriages and friendships dissolve, and tried, in vain, to escape his increasingly diminished capacities. Generally thought of as a great writer and an unappealing human being, Hemingway emerges here in a far more benevolent light. Drawing on previously unpublished material, including interviews with Hemingway's sons, Hendrickson shows that for all the writer's boorishness, depression, and alcoholism, and despite his choleric anger, he was capable of remarkable generosity--to struggling writers, to lost souls, to the dying son of a friend. We see most poignantly his relationship with his youngest son, Gigi, a doctor who lived his adult life mostly as a cross-dresser, and died squalidly and alone in a Miami women's jail. He was the son Hemingway forsook the least, yet the one who disappointed him the most, as Gigi acted out for nearly his whole life so many of the tortured, ambiguous tensions his father felt. Hendrickson's bold and beautiful book strikingly makes the case that both men were braver than we know, struggling all their lives against the complicated, powerful emotions swirling around them. As Hendrickson writes, "Amid so much ruin, still the beauty." Hemingway's Boat is both stunningly original and deeply gripping, an invaluable contribution to our understanding of this great American writer, published fifty years after his death.
LC Classification NumberPS3515.E37Z628 2011
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