Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was and remains one of the most popular American writers in Russia. In the 1960s, a photograph of the bearded "dad Hem" decorated the walls of many Soviet apartments, the free -minded youth imitated his heroes - courageous, decisive, laconic. Even then, the personality of Hemingway, both in ours and in the West, surrounded the halo of mystery. What made him tirelessly wander around the world, change countries, at home and wives, hunt, fight, make friends and immediately make them enemies? Was he a great master of the word, or his worldwide glory - a consequence of self -promotion and a public way of life? What forced him, like many of his relatives, to commit suicide - hereditary illness, everyday failures or a creative crisis that turned into a personality destruction? All these questions are answered by the writer Maxim Chertanov in the most complete Hemingway biography to date. This unexpected, sometimes shocking book will reveal to fans of the writer many unknown details from the life of their idol