Ernest Hemingway

CULTURAL ICON, reckless soldier, great athlete, passionate lover, master writer who creates style and trend. Hemingway’s myth, created in part by himself, oversimplifies the image of him. It would be difficult to peel the truth out of the often contradictory legends, but this book finally gives a glimpse into the writer’s hidden life behind the scenes, showing his life and career in a historical context. From the letters he wrote to his friends and family, we learn what a man he could have been for those he truly loved, who were close to him. The spontaneous letters show the new face of a writer who otherwise improves his literary texts to the extreme. Recordings of friendships, formal and intimate moments, and portraits from documents in the John F. Kennedy Library’s Hemingway Collection prove that the cult author can be evoked not only by the old fisherman and the sea, but also by a battered trout fishing box.