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...sentence has a Hemingway ring, and not by chance. Social historians could do worse than examine this obituary for evidence of how Hemingway has influenced a whole generation of child actors who have tried to live in the image of his heroes. The book is shot through with the sentimental stoicism of the Hemingway man, and with the hedonist worship of the "art of living," which calls for everything just so-the old-fashioneds must have a touch of honey, the mustache scissors must be of 18th century French make, even the final, fatal razor must be a Rolls...
What is the measure of a writer's greatness? "The splendor of failure," said Faulkner. What any writer wants is "not to be better than his friend Hemingway or his friend Dos Passes, but he wants to be greater than Cervantes or Dostoevsky. None of us were quite as good as those. We all failed. There is no degree of failure...
...America's top contemporary novelists? Faulkner's ranking: Thomas Wolfe, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Caldwell and Hemingway in that order. Wolfe is on top because "he ventured more and tried hardest to inscribe the whole history of man's heart on the head...
...Hemingway mingled with James Jones is also in evidence...
...Middlesex. Will Sutton fifth man, was the only match winner, defeating his opponent 3 to 2 by two points in the last game. Both the "A" and "B" teams will play matches this Saturday, when the "A" team plays Exeter at Exeter, and the "B" team meets Brooks at Hemingway...