Indie Thursday: Moar Hemingway!

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Today, I ducked over to The Annapolis Bookstore for a quick lunch-time jaunt and stumbled into this lovely collection of Hemingway's short stories. I'm about halfway through A Farewell to Arms as I write this, which will be the fourth book I've read in my ever-more-doomed-sounding attempt to read everything Hemingway has written before my 26th birthday -- looks like these short stories may be my fifth.
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  1. DMSAugust 3, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    What a great find. I don't think I have ever read any of his short stories. Enjoy!

    ~Jess
    http://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/

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    1. Kerry MAugust 7, 2012 at 9:14 AM

      I haven't either, but I was excited to find a nice edition of them (and for a great price, too). I love used bookstores!

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  2. pickyAugust 4, 2012 at 5:08 PM

    Ooh, great copy! I was a fan first of his short stories, so I hope you enjoy them. He's truly a master, in my opinion, along with John Cheever, Andre Dubus, and Raymond Carver. Even though they're from different time periods, their prose reads similarly to me. It's partly why I rarely read short stories these days. Those guys are so good, everything else pales in comparison.

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    1. Kerry MAugust 7, 2012 at 9:15 AM

      Sadly, I've read none of those authors! I've always struggled with short stories, but maybe it's just because I haven't read the right collection(s) yet.

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  3. StephAugust 6, 2012 at 10:50 PM

    Jealous of this find! I hope you love them, too. I'm with Picky: Hemingway, Carver, and Cheever are three of my very favourites. I have a few, but yes. Hemingway's shorts are excellent.

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    1. Kerry MAugust 7, 2012 at 9:15 AM

      Thanks! I was pretty excited about it. The Annapolis Bookstore is an AWESOME place for bizarre and hard-to-find editions of books. Not all of them are valuable/collectible (though they have those too), but I love used books regardless. They have more stories to tell, I think.

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