Ernest Hemingway Reads Ernest Hemingway
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"A writer must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day," says Ernest Hemingway in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Eternity Hemingway certainly has secured for himself with his internationally renowned body of work. In this collection, however, he reads some of his lesser-known pieces, including the Nobel speech, a poem, and even a work in progress, most of which were recorded in Cuba. Although his readings of his own work seem timidly rigid at times, this tape represents a rare opportunity for Hemingway fans and nonfans alike, as it is one of the only known recordings of the writer's voice. (Running time: 45 minutes, 1 cassette) --Natasha Senjanovich |
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A review of the Nobel Prize speech
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This may be the only recording of Hemingway reading his own works. It is not of the best sound quality. And the works he reads from are also not his best.
My remarks relate to the Nobel Prize Speech. Hemingway known for his bluster and braggadocio reveals a surprising and quite touching humility in the speech when he refers to all the great writers who were never given the prize. He also speaks about the loneliness of the writing craft and the challenge to with each work aim at something new, and provide a creation to the world which has not been here before.
Here is an excerpt containing some of the most telling remarks of his speech.
"Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day. For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed. How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him. I have spoken too long for a writer. A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it. Again I thank you."
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