True At First Light: A Fictional MemoirScribner, 1999 - 320 sidor Both a revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953.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. A blend of autobiography and fiction, the book opens on the day his close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession, and Ernest becomes involved with a young African girl whom he supposedly plans to take as a second bride. Increasingly enchanted by the local African community, he struggles between the attraction of these two women and the wildly different cultures they represent. Spicing his depictions of human longings with sharp humor, Hemingway captures the excitement of big-game hunting and the unparalleled beauty of the landscape. Rich in laughter, beauty, and profound insight. True at First Light is an extraordinary publishing event—a breathtaking final work from one of our most beloved and important writers. |
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... hands . The hand could be cold and then become warm as a hot spring and in other ways they were as scalding as a hot spring if one could remember it . They had no more bubo , the penalty for rela- tions , than the Masai . Perhaps the ...
... hands . The hand could be cold and then become warm as a hot spring and in other ways they were as scalding as a hot spring if one could remember it . They had no more bubo , the penalty for rela- tions , than the Masai . Perhaps the ...
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... hands . Pop's gun bearer was shaking hands and crying because the fall of the leopard had been an emotional thing . He was also giving me the secret Kamba hand grip again and again . In a moment I was reloading with my free hand and ...
... hands . Pop's gun bearer was shaking hands and crying because the fall of the leopard had been an emotional thing . He was also giving me the secret Kamba hand grip again and again . In a moment I was reloading with my free hand and ...
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... hand and the bottle of Golden Jeep in the other . They were cuckolded standing on one leg or on two and I knew where ... hand , which always pleased her since she was a Turkana and I had learned to kiss hands quite well and it was like a ...
... hand and the bottle of Golden Jeep in the other . They were cuckolded standing on one leg or on two and I knew where ... hand , which always pleased her since she was a Turkana and I had learned to kiss hands quite well and it was like a ...
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