Green Hills of Africa
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About This Novel
From November 1933 to February 1934, Hemingway, his second wife Pauline Pfeiffer, and his friend Carl went hunting in Kenya, East Africa. After returning, Hemingway expressed that he wanted to write a "most realistic book" that would be "comparable to fictional works", so he wrote "The Green Mountains of Africa". With astonishing memory and superb writing skills, Hemingway reproduces the hunting experience in the deep mountains and old forests of Africa, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the thrilling scenes of the author's battle of wits and courage with animals, and hear the unique African lion's roar. At the same time, Hemingway vividly describes his competitiveness and jealousy in the process of competing with Carl, "dissecting" himself mercilessly, and showing the candidness of a man. There is a passage in the book about the critics' praise and condemnation of writers, which makes me feel very warm when I read it today.
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