Papa Hemingway

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Another rare shot of Hemingway…this time at Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy.  Circa 1949.

Another rare shot of Hemingway…this time at Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy.  Circa 1949.

Hemingway recovers in a London hospital in 1944 after an automobile accident.

Hemingway recovers in a London hospital in 1944 after an automobile accident.

Hemingway on writing…

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector. This is the writer’s radar and all great writers have had it.

Ernest Hemingway in the Paris Review interview.

Hemingway wearing a derby.  Rare to see Papa looking so dapper.

Hemingway wearing a derby.  Rare to see Papa looking so dapper.

Hemingway and Vogue model Jean Patchett

Hemingway and Vogue model Jean Patchett

Anonymous asked: in the garden of eden, what is the love making all about, when she starts talking about being a boy and changing from girl to boy

Basically the couple is engaging in a sexual role reversal, a theme that runs through the novel.  For a great study on this you should check out Hemingway’s Genders by Comely and Scholes.

Hemingway’s Genders