RARA-AVIS: Re: Donald Westlake and the origin of Parker

From: ciocc999 (ciocc999@yahoo.com)
Date: 06 Jan 2009

  • Next message: Brian Thornton: "Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Donald Westlake and the origin of Parker"

     sherwood anderson. hemmingway owes everything to him.

    > > >He insists that he's a son of Hemingway... except that (in my opinion, at
    > > least) >he's considerably better than Hemingway!
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    > As much as I enjoy Leonard's stuff, I have to differ with you on this one,
    > Mario. For me, Hemingway's short stories are arguably the finest and most
    > influential canon of fiction work by an American in the 20th century. And
    > that's leaving out his novels. Say what you will about his characters (I'll
    > likely agree with you, especially that they're usually not very likable, and
    > the women especially are rarely sympathetic, etc.) and the plots of his
    > novels, but man, Leonard's written some good stuff, but he's never come
    > close to the level of artistry demonstrated in such pieces as "The Snows of
    > Kilimanjaro," "Cat in the Rain," "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," "The Short,
    > Happy Life of Francis MacComber," "On the Quay at Smyrna," or "Hills Like
    > White Elephants."
    >
    > Hemingway might have been a miserable shit of a human being, but he was a
    > master writer, one of the great voices of the 20th century, and one of the
    > most influential (even those who disliked him were influenced, albeit
    > negatively, by him).
    >
    > And I say this as someone who likes Fitzgerald even more!
    >
    > All the Best-
    >
    > Brian
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