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!
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> All the Best-
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> Brian
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