Ernest Hemingway · 1986
A novel about a troubled American writer and his wife spending a summer on the French Riviera amidst shifting romantic dynamics.
David Wyatt recommends it because it changed Hemingway studies by highlighting themes of vulnerability and the pathos of gender.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“Then we get, in 1986, The Garden of Eden, a very controversial book, but it changed Hemingway's studies.”
Why: It changed Hemingway studies by highlighting themes of vulnerability and the pathos of gender.
David Wyatt, Guest on EconTalkHemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt)
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