I, like many in my generation, watched the movie Jaws as a child. It had a resounding effect on me and I have watched it countless times since. It is, unarguably, one of the greatest films of all time. So, when I saw a copy of Quint on a table in Waterstones I knew I… Continue reading Quint – The Young Man and The Sea.
Tag: Ernest Hemingway
A Taste of Literature: Introducing Hemingway’s Two Signature Cocktails
Is Hemingway more famous as a writer or a drinker? Honestly, We’re not sure you can take one without the other, so why not read in the same manner? So, what best to drink while reading Hemingway? Want to know what to read? We’ve got you covered. Wine is the obvious choice; Hemingway mentions wine… Continue reading A Taste of Literature: Introducing Hemingway’s Two Signature Cocktails
Winnie vs Carrie.
I can remember the exact moment I fell in love with books. I don’t recall my age exactly but I will have been around 5 or 6. Winnie The Pooh My mum was reading Winnie the Pooh to me, the one where he falls out of the tree trying to get honey. I laughed so… Continue reading Winnie vs Carrie.
Hemingway: 5 To Get You Started.
Top 5 Hemingway (to ease you in gently) We love Ernest Hemingway here at Rotten Poetry, he gave us our name afterall (see here). But there are many people out there who have never read any for one reason or another. So we thought we would put together a starter pack of recommendations for you… Continue reading Hemingway: 5 To Get You Started.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro A typical Hemingway work full of nostalgia and grief for a life not lived to its fullest. One assumes nothing was good enough for Hemingway as, by most people’s standards, he lived a very full life. But a great deal of his work is pre-occupied with a sense of a lack… Continue reading The Snows of Kilimanjaro