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Adventure & Achievement. The question of Nobelity aside, Shanti Andia makes clear its author's standing as one of the top men of modern Spanish letters and also explains why Hemingway calls himself Baroja's disciple. In this novel the hero, Shanti, is a Basque sea captain who tells his own story, noting: "A strange existence is mine, and that of other wanderers. During one long epoch, all is adventure, events; and then, in another, there is nothing but commentary on past events." The combination of violent action and desperate search for the meaning of action marks every Hemingway...