{"product_id":"the-importance-of-not-being-ernest-my-life-with-the-uninvited-hemingway-a-unique-ernest-hemingway-biography-gift-for-writers-9781642504637","title":"The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Ernest Hemingway Biography Like No Other\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...illuminates his life and works in ways not seen before.” —\u003cb\u003eSigrid Nunez\u003c\/b\u003e, National Book Award winner and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Friend \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e What Are You Going Through\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 New Release in Historical Latin America Biographies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover Hemingway’s biography through the eyes of a fellow author and journalist.\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSalt\u003c\/em\u003e, Mark Kurlansky turns his historical eye to the life of Ernest Hemingway. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, \u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Not Being Ernest\u003c\/em\u003e shows the huge shadow Hemingway casts. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect gift for writers.\u003c\/b\u003e By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway's legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. \u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Not Being Ernest\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain—both cities important to Hemingway’s adventurous life and prolific writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eParis, Basque Country, Havana and Idaho. \u003c\/b\u003eGet to know the extraordinary people he met there—those who had also fallen under the Hemingway spell, including a Vietnam veteran suffering from the same syndrome the author did, two winners of the Key West Hemingway look-alike contest, and the man in Idaho who took Hemingway hunting and fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this unique gift for writers, find:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA memoir full of entertaining and illuminative stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle-known historical facts about Hemingway’s life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnecdotes about those who suffer from what the Kurlansky calls “hemitis”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders of Haruki Murakami’s \u003cem\u003eWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running\u003c\/em\u003e, John Steinbeck’s \u003cem\u003eTravels with Charley in Search of America\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eThe Boys\u003c\/em\u003e will love \u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Not Being Ernest\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kurlansky (\u003ci\u003eSalt: A World History\u003c\/i\u003e) focuses on all of the coincidental intersections between his life and Ernest Hemingway’s in this multi-genre work. Part travel memoir, part history, it trapeses through France, Spain, Cuba, Idaho, and finally New York, connecting literary and moments and personal experiences in Kurlansky’s and Hemingway’s lives. Reports from Kurlansky’s and Hemingway’s careers as foreign correspondents, then expats, in Spain and Paris blend seamlessly with Kurlansky’s descriptions of regional conflicts and cultures, and each chapter is connected by watercolor stills from Kurlansky’s travel diaries, which add an authentic touch to the storytelling. Beyond his astute humor, Kurlansky handles the contradictions between ‘Hemingway, the man’ and ‘Hemingway, the myth’ with genuine reverence and a critical eye. He gives us another lens through which to view Hemingway’s work: geography; he argues that Hemingway himself impacted the places he traveled as much as did his writing. VERDICT: An absolute delight! Full of personality, Kurlansky’s book will enchant history, literature, and Hemingway fans alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The ghost of Hemingway has haunted and inspired at least three generations of American writers. Mark Kurlansky is no exception, and his detailed, self-deprecating account of the presence of that ghost is as brilliantly revealing of Hemingway as it is of Kurlansky himself. He knows his Hemingway, the life and the works, and he knows his Kurlansky, and he’s bitingly honest about both writers. Kurlansky, however, comes off as a hell of a lot more likable.”\u003cbr\u003e—Russell Banks, author of \u003ci\u003eContinental Drift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCloudsplitter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLost Memory of Skin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For all that’s already been written about Hemingway,\u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Not Being Ernest\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates his life and works in ways not seen before. Our Not-Ernest is a superbly knowledgeable and entertaining guide, and the book artfully braids the Hemingway narrative with Kurlansky’s own rich experiences as a world-traveling journalist and bestselling author. Kurlansky’s idea for a memoir was inspired; the result is a brilliant and original achievement, a feast for readers, whether fans of Papa or not.”\u003cbr\u003e—Sigrid Nunez, author of the National Book Award-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Are You Going Through\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePROLOGUE: A Dream Intrudes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER ONE: Entrances and Exits\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER TWO: A Writer Must Escape\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER THREE: The Grass in Paris\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER FOUR: The Patent-leather Soul of Spain\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER FIVE: Cuba and the Unspeakable Feast\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER SIX: Idaho and the Last Escape\u003cbr\u003e EPILOGUE:  Unnatural New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mango Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020200509783,"sku":"9781642504637","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781642504637.jpg?v=1750782742","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-importance-of-not-being-ernest-my-life-with-the-uninvited-hemingway-a-unique-ernest-hemingway-biography-gift-for-writers-9781642504637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}