True at First Light - Softcover

Hemingway, Ernest

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684864487 ISBN 13: 9780684864488

Publisher: Scribner, 1999

Synopsis

Both revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer in the year of the hundredth anniversary of his birth.

In this blend of autobiography and fiction, Hemingway becomes torn between the rituals of his camp and life in the neighboring village, home to the character Debba, an African girl whom he supposedly plans to take as a second bride. Meanwhile, his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession. Equally adept at evoking the thrill of the hunt, the singular textures of the landscape and the complexities of married life, Hemingway weaves a tale that is rich in laughter, reflection and profound insight. True at First Light is an extraordinary publishing event -- a breathtaking final work from one of this nation's most beloved and important writers.

About this title

About the Author

Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer in the twentieth century. The author of such classics as The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Reviews

It's not often that this column gets to cite something by a truly classic author, but here it is: Hemingway's last work, written after he returned from his 1953 safari and edited by his son, Patrick, in time for this July's centennial celebration. Hemingway even stars in this "fictional memoir," running the safari camp in the absence of friend and lead hunter Pop even as hostile tribes gather to attack. But he still has time to sneak in an affair with an African girl. Along with this work, Scribner will publish three new hardcover editions of Hemingway classics: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (ISBN 0-684-86221-2. $25), Death in the Afternoon (ISBN 0-684-85922-X. $35), and To Have and Have Not (ISBN 0-684-85923-8. $25).
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Edition details

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0684864487
• ISBN 13: 9780684864488
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 528