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Between 1948 and 1961, Earnest Hemingway and A. E. Hotchner traveled together from New York to Paris to Spain, fished the waters off Cuba, hunted in Idaho, and ran with the bulls in Pamplona. And everywhere they talked. For 14 years, Hotchner and Hemingway shared a conversation. Hemingway reminisced about his childhood, recalled the Paris literary scene in the twenties, remembered his early years as a writer, and recounted the real events that lay behind his fiction. And Hotchner took it all down. His notes on the many occasions he spent with his friend Papa -- in Venice and Rome, in Key West, on the Riviera, in Ketchum, Idaho, where Hemingway died by his own hand in 1961 - provide the material for this utterly truthful, profoundly compassionate bestselling memoir of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. What emerges is an extraordinary portrait of a great writer who had, and determined, the time of his life.
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"Remarkable...makes Hemingway live for us as nothing else has done."

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A.E. Hotchner is a dramatist, novelist, screenwriter, and biographer. He is Paul Newman's partner in Newman's Own. He divides his time between Westport, Connecticut, and Manhattan.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Press; Illustrated edition (April 6, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 335 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0306814277
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0306814273
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
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Save your money and buy one of the old originals. Hotchner's story is beautifully written but this printing is shockingly bad. I bought the book to give as a gift and had to return it. The type is minuscule, centered in the page with gaping margins -- not like the "Look Inside" image shown. On top of that, all the photos are all distorted with some sort of grid pattern. Shame, really.
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Breck Breckenridge
5.0 out of 5 stars Can I say anything else?
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2011
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Before I wrote this review I read all of the others and made comments on several. That, I thought, would be my contribution to the reviews of this book. But now that I have read all of the extant reviews, I find that I might be able to add a few new thoughts.

I had read two other biographies of EH before I bought this memoir by Hotchner (because they were in my library and the Hotchner book was not). So I bought Hotchner based upon the fine reviews of this book found here. My library should have this one and I will offer same to them, even though mine is an ex-library book itself!. Still, those fellow reviewers have it quite right: this is the best way to really find out what EH was all about. As far as I know. (There have been some other recommends and I will check those out).

Prior to reading this memoir (and the other books that really were bios), I had not read any Hemingway other than "The Old Man and the Sea" (TOMATS), and that because it was assigned way back when I was in public school. Since then I have read half of "The Sun Also Rises" and then lost interest in the story and characters. I am going to try again with Hemingway after reading Hotchner, with "Farewell" and the short "Snows of K". And maybe also "Bell Tolls". So suffice to say I was not a Hemingway fan.

Actually I was more curious about him because he is a fellow Sun in Cancer. I was able to find an accurate (as far as we know) birth-time and his Ascendent turned out to be Virgo, of all things. I am still studying his birth chart trying to see just where it should show why Hem was the way he was. He is certainly the most atypical Cancer I've ever seen! But I shall say no more about this angle as it does not interest most people.

This is a good book. That much can be said without reservations. I agree with another reviewer that if you want to know about the real "Papa Hemingway" this is the book. The subtitle is "Ectasy and Sorrow". One can see the sorrow lurking below the surfact throughout before it comes to the fore at the end. Very sad and another indictment of alcohol if not used with caution.
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RicK E
5.0 out of 5 stars Portrait of Ernest by a Close Friend & Fellow Writer
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2018
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This is a great memoir Hotchner has written containing personal glimpses of Hemingway during the waning years of his career, ironically at the high water mark of his popular acclaim. I especially enjoyed the conversations and dialogue he had with Papa and Hotch's observations during his declining health. Much is revealed about the creation of many of his novels and short stories though the reader should be tempered by Hemingway's penchant for burnishing his memories & reputation at times. The author does an admirable job of providing detail and context about his many travels & visits with Papa. You will come away with a better understanding of Hemingway through a personal perspective, albeit without some of the more critical coverage by other biographers such as Carlos Baker & Denis Brian. Both of them provide a lot of research presented in a highly objective way. To my knowledge no other friend of Hemingway's has provided as rich an account of their relationship with him. I highly recommend this to anyone who has enjoyed many of Hemingway's novels and short stories and wants to learn more about one of the finest writers of the 20th century.
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Michael Thomas
4.0 out of 5 stars who could not find Hemingway interesting
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021
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What a life! Fabulous story. At times the author seems to slip in new characters but then so many were involved it is hard to remember who is who and why.

A worthy story and worth your time.
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Steinar Hybertsen
5.0 out of 5 stars great read
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023
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You really get to understand the man and his personality in this book. Also how a passionate career can overtake you life and dominate your later years.
Recommend highly for people interested in biography.
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Stephanie
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s about Hemingway… of course I loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2022
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Hemingway is my guilty obsession. He was very much an ass but he was also determined to be a great writer. He is my favorite writer because he can make you feel a part of the story. This gives you a chance to be in his life outside of his books.

I will always be a Hemingway girl. 🫶🏽
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P. Hoag
5.0 out of 5 stars A friendship with Ernest Hemingway
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019
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I fell in love with Hemingway when I read "The Paris Wife". This is the second book I have read about him. I enjoyed
Papa Hemingway a Personal Account because A. E. Hotchner was a close friend of Hemingway's and he wrote it not too long after Ernest's death. The Paris Wife mainly covered his relationship with Hadley, his first wife, and his earlier years. This book covers more of his marriage to Mary in later years, up until the end, in a very close up and personal way.
"Anyway, you don't own anything until you give it away." Ernest was forever giving away his possessions to make sure he would never be possessed by them ...
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B. Callihan
4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant read as well as insightful.
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2020
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Well written more like a novel in terms of style. Not a dry, non-fiction approach. And offers insights to his life as well as those around him and the times they lived in. Worth the read.
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Robert Rosenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Papa Never Gets Old
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2010
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A.E. Hotchner, a gifted writer in his own right, provides a fascinating memoir of the last 13 years of Ernest Hemingway's life. As a close friend during the time period between 1948 and 1961, Hotchner provides an insider's glimpse of Hemingway's travels, friends, writing, and troubled personality. Hotchner manages to fill in most of Hemingway's personal and literary history before they met through a variety of stories told to him by the great writer and master story teller. Thus, the reader is transported to Spain and its bullfights and bullfighters, Paris, where Hemingway spent his twenties making his name in literature, and Hemingway's home near Havana where he lived, wrote, and fished on his boat, the Pilar. His last years are particularly tragic, as it seems pre-ordained that Hemingway will kill himself despite the best efforts of those who loved him. Hemingway, whose brilliant career was cut short by mental illness, left a legacy of magnificent short stories and novels written in his sparse, gritty style that still ring true fifty years after his death.
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Sieur des Monts
5.0 out of 5 stars This was an amazing read. A
Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2017
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This was an amazing read.
A.E.Hotchner met Ernest Hemingway in Havana in 1948. From that point forward they forged a close personal friendship. I doubt that there was anyone else, beside Mrs. Hemingway, who was closer to the real Ernest.
You already know the ending. So did I before I started reading the book. That does not stop your enjoyment of Hotchner's recollection of their time together. This book will leave you with a greater appreciation of Hemingway the man.
It was hard to read the last couple of chapters leading up to Hemingway's suicide on July 2, 1961. It was also heartening to know that he had enjoyed his life up until his last couple of years.
Hemingway was above all, true to himself. Read this book. You will fully understand what that means.
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Stefano Caraglio
5.0 out of 5 stars La miglior biografia di Hemingway
Reviewed in Italy on July 29, 2019
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La biografia di Hemingway scritta dal suo editor, compagno di merende e scorribande, unico testimone titolato, insieme a Fernanda Pivano che l'ha tradotto e frequentato.

Triste che questo libro, che fa venir voglia di rileggere l'Autore, l'Uomo, il Personaggio, premio Nobel, premio Pulizer e chissà cos'altro non venga ristampato in italiano per "investire", magari, su sedicenti influencer orgogliosamente a digiuno da qualsiasi lettura. Sento lamenti per la disaffezione alla lettura e poi...

Una preghiera ad Amazon: filtrate, vi prego, i commenti sulla qualità del servizio, sulle descrizioni incomplete o fuorvianti: ha senso che un libro possa estasiare o disgustare, ma una stella da parte chi - sfortuna lui - non ha avuto modo di leggerlo...non può fare media.
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Damien Parker
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written - Great Insight into the Great Man
Reviewed in Australia on July 17, 2021
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Many interesting observations and insights into a truly unique individual. His ability to observe daily life around him was the underlying bedrock behind his writing, though some of them were obviously flawed or deeply biased; for example, his observation that you will not find an attractive woman from the Toulouse region until you reach Paris. His interaction with (and observation with) other famous people of his era was also interesting as was his movements around France. Having visited many of the towns and cities he mentioned, I felt I was getting a rear view mirror insight into an earlier era. Tragic that it ended the way it did. A great loss.
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Lizzie
5.0 out of 5 stars I lost it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2013
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Hemingway is one of my favourite authors and in my local book club I was asked why he had gone to Spain in the 30s. I was unsure of the exact reason, searchd my bookcases for this book and could not find it. I was delighted to find a valued book of the 60s still available and can't wait to read it
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paul herriott
5.0 out of 5 stars Pilar come to Life
Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2015
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Quel Suprix.....the Book , purchased sight unseen is GREAT.....and detailed about Gregorio Fuentes who I spent three delightful hours with at Cojimar, Hemingways fishing village and Harbour for the Pilar, which I also have seen at the "Finca" which I visited on several occasions in the 1990's....the transaction was rapid, efficient and totally delightful.
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