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亲爱的老爸：海明威父子家书
(u. S.) Ernest Hemingway (u. S.) Patrick Hemingway
How does it feel to have a hard-core father who enjoys all the joys of life throughout his life, switching seamlessly between boxer, bullfighter, war correspondent, jungle hunter, sea fisherman, and Nobel Prize-winning writer? How does a great writer who knows his child's weight as well as the number of pages in his manuscript make his letters shine a light on the relationship between father and son? This book is a selection of nearly thirty years of correspondence between Hemingway and his second son, Patrick. These family letters began when Patrick was four years old when he received the first letter from his father who was about to go on a safari in East Africa, and ended in the summer of 1961 when everything ended with a shotgun. The two generations of father and son explored the beauty of life, smiled at the stupidity of the world, and solved the puzzles of life through short and affectionate exchanges about hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities that are infinitely close to nature, and about school education, career planning, family ethics, and other required courses for growth. The responses are humorous, lively and thought-provoking, breaking the stereotype of Hemingway as a "tough guy" and restoring the chivalrous and tender-hearted side of a great writer. The image of a loving father full of confidence and contradictions, tolerance and entanglement in fatherhood emerges vividly on the page. As part of the research on Hemingway's life, this book is also an extremely precious first-hand historical material.
How does it feel to have a hard-core father who enjoys all the joys of life throughout his life, switching seamlessly between boxer, bullfighter, war correspondent, jungle hunter, sea fisherman, and Nobel Prize-winning writer? How does a great writer who knows his child's weight as well as the number of pages in his manuscript make his letters shine a light on the relationship between father and son? This book is a selection of nearly thirty years of correspondence between Hemingway and his second son, Patrick. These family letters began when Patrick was four years old when he received the first letter from his father who was about to go on a safari in East Africa, and ended in the summer of 1961 when everything ended with a shotgun. The two generations of father and son explored the beauty of life, smiled at the stupidity of the world, and solved the puzzles of life through short and affectionate exchanges about hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities that are infinitely close to nature, and about school education, career planning, family ethics, and other required courses for growth. The responses are humorous, lively and thought-provoking, breaking the stereotype of Hemingway as a "tough guy" and restoring the chivalrous and tender-hearted side of a great writer. The image of a loving father full of confidence and contradictions, tolerance and entanglement in fatherhood emerges vividly on the page. As part of the research on Hemingway's life, this book is also an extremely precious first-hand historical material.