A Farewell To Arms - New Edition

A Farewell To Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition.

Fist published in 1929 when Hemingway was 30yrs old, AFTA has captured readers for 83 years.

As any Hemingway fan will know, he was meticulous about his writing process. Rereading and rewriting all the time.

Well, it turns out there were alternative endings for A Farewell To Arms! Roughly 39 to be exact. 


Additionally, there were a slew of different tittles. 


Now, for the first time, it's all here. You're able to see all the alternative endings. They range greatly, from similar outcomes to completely different. People live and people die. It's very interesting to see Hemingway at work in such raw detail. 


Another interesting aspect are the photos. You're able to see actual photos from the rough drafts Hemingway created. All this accompanied with the fabulous novel itself. 


It came out yesterday (July 10th) and I picked it  up. For a Hemingway fan it's a must have, no doubt about it. For the new reader, you're lucky that you are able to get this insight right off the bat, cherish it. 


You can go here and buy it: A Farewell To Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition

Hemingway Letters Out!

The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Vol. 1 is now out! It covers the years: 1907-1922.

The letters show a really interesting look into the life of Hemingway during these years. I wrote about it a few post back, and who's in charge of bringing this possibly 12 volume book collection to us, Hemingway letters coming soon.

It's a beautiful book. Hardcover, too. I like it a lot. Some of the letters you may have read, most you haven't (unless you saw them in the JFK library during research).

Over the coming weeks, I'll be posting little things i find/like about the entries. It's rich for exploring and analyzing. The next volume, due out early 2013, will change the way we look at this first book, The Sun Also Rises--I'm sure if it.

As I said before, it's not to get something from the horses mouth so to say. He tells us his thoughts, his ideas, what's going on in his mind/life at the time.

If you're a Hemingway fan, you need to get this book asap. If you're an American Lit fan, you need this book. Period.