Posted by mair on August 19, 2002, at 8:10:37
In reply to Re: congrats for finishing book » .tabitha., posted by Dinah on August 18, 2002, at 18:46:38
I never quite finished it - I was bored to tears and got waylaid by another book.
I, too, was bothered by all the drinking, but more so by the fact that no one had any earned income - maybe Jake, but work seemed to be a sideline for him. Nevermind the drinking - they all seem to spend hours moving from club to cafe to bar to club. They meet all the same people there doing what they're doing. While Hemingway never tells you what time it is, I have to believe no one is getting much sleep, unless of course they're all sleeping in since no one seems to have to get up to go to work.
Do you think it's possible that Hemingway made their lives so boring just to demonstrate what shallow lives they lived?
Mair
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