Portrait of Hemingway

Ross, Lillian

ISBN 10: 0375754385 / ISBN 13: 9780375754388

Published by Modern Library (edition Modern Library Pbk. Ed), 1999

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It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Portrait of Hemingway
• Publisher: Modern Library (edition Modern Library Pbk. Ed)
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375754385
• ISBN 13: 9780375754388
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Modern Library Pbk. Ed.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

On May 13, 1950, Lillian Ross's first portrait of Ernest Hemingway was published in The New Yorker. It was an account of two days Hemingway spent in New York in 1949 on his way from Havana to Europe. This candid and affectionate profile was tremendously controversial at the time, to the great surprise of its author. Booklist said, "The piece immediately conveys to the reader the kind of man Hemingway was--hard-hitting, warm, and exuberantly alive." It remains the classic eyewitness account of the legendary writer, and it is reproduced here with the preface Lillian Ross prepared for an edition of Portrait in 1961.
        
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, and to celebrate the centenary of this event, Ms. Ross has written a second portrait of Hemingway for The New Yorker, detailing the friendship the two struck up after the completion of the first piece. It is included here in an amended form. Together, these two works establish the definitive sketch of one of America's greatest writers.

About the Author

Lillian Ross was born in Syracuse, New York. She worked as a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1945 to 1987 and returned to the magazine in 1993. Ms. Ross is the author of twelve books, including Picture (available as a Modern Library hardcover), Talk Stories, Takes, Reporting, Vertical and Horizontal, and Here but Not Here.