The Possibility of Lions
Apr. 24th, 2012 11:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayInstead of going to the Kubota tractor place down on Erie Boulevard, to buy tune-up parts for the lawn mower, I went a mile or so farther out on the Boulevard, to the Barnes & Noble bookstore, and bought The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway, the Finca Vigia Edition.
There is a foreword to this updated edition, jointly signed by John, Patrick, and Gregory Hemingway, which explains why this new edition seemed necessary and why it is called the Finca Vigia Edition. It has something to do with Hemingway's estate in Cuba but the details are confusing because they don't seem consistent with what I know of its history.
On one hand, I'm not very good at details, these days, and the front lawn does look very like the African grasslands descibed by a friend who volunteered there with the Peace Corps many years ago. On the other hand, I did remember to warn the team parent, who would be stopping by to pick up my grandson for soccer practice, about the possibility of lions lurking there...
LPK
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4.24.2012 (b)
There is a foreword to this updated edition, jointly signed by John, Patrick, and Gregory Hemingway, which explains why this new edition seemed necessary and why it is called the Finca Vigia Edition. It has something to do with Hemingway's estate in Cuba but the details are confusing because they don't seem consistent with what I know of its history.
On one hand, I'm not very good at details, these days, and the front lawn does look very like the African grasslands descibed by a friend who volunteered there with the Peace Corps many years ago. On the other hand, I did remember to warn the team parent, who would be stopping by to pick up my grandson for soccer practice, about the possibility of lions lurking there...
LPK
LiveJournal
4.24.2012 (b)
