Comments on: ‘There were no problems except where to be happiest’ https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: jags https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16961 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:30:30 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/26/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16961 Try The Sun Also Rises, too.

]]> By: Jodi https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16960 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:24:11 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/26/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16960 EXACTLY! That’s why I dislike because there is no emotion at all, ever, anywhere. Blech.

But he does the emotion really well in ‘Feast’ and it’s still kind of understated and sparse, as he is known for, but at least it’s there.

Which is why ‘Feast’ is much more enjoyable than everything else I’ve ever read by him.

]]> By: dabysan https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16959 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:18:46 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/26/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16959 And I think you may be onto something with the emotion angle. I think I’d find Hemmingway’s larger body of work much more appealing if it had A Movable Feast’s level of honest insight into the hopes and fears of its protagonist. Now I think I need to read it again, again.

]]> By: Jodi https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16958 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:15:20 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/26/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16958 Oh yeah, I’ve listened to it twice. Now I need to get the actual physical book so I can actually read it.

]]> By: dabysan https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16957 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:14:31 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/2007/06/26/there-were-no-problems-except-where-to-be-happiest/#comment-16957 Awesome. I’m so glad you liked it. A Movable Feast wasn’t the first Hemmingway I ever picked up, but it might have been the first I willingly finished…and wanted to read again as soon as I put it down.

Anyone who’s ever had literary aspirations needs to read this book. It’s about everything that’s good about being a starving writer.

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