True at first light
(Book)
Contributors
Hemingway, Patrick, editor,
Published
New York : Scribner, [1999].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780684849218, 0684849216
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 25 cm
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Barrington - Fiction (Main Level) | HEM | On Shelf | |
Bristol (Rogers Free) - Adult Fiction | Fic HEM | On Shelf | |
Central Falls (Adams Memorial) - Adult Non-Fiction | 813 Hem | On Shelf | |
Coventry - Adult Fiction | F HEM | On Shelf | |
Cranston Central - Adult Fiction | FIC HEM | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Scribner, [1999].
Language
English
ISBN
9780684849218, 0684849216
Notes
General Note
Includes a short Swahili glossary.
Description
"Both revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer in the year of the hundredth anniversary of his birth. A blend of autobiography and fiction, the book opens on the day his close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession. Spicing his depictions of human longings with sharp humor, Hemingway captures the excitement of big-game hunting and the unparalleled beauty of the scenery - the green plains covered with gray mist, zebra and gazelle traversing the horizon, cool dark nights broken by the sounds of the hyena's cry. As the group at camp help Mary track her prize, she and Ernest suffer the 'incalculable casualties of marriage,' and their attempts to love each other well are marred by cruelty, competition and infidelity. Ernest has become involved with Debba, an African girl whom he supposedly plans to take as a second bride. Increasingly enchanted by the local African community, he struggles between the attraction of these two women and the wildly different cultures they represent."--BOOK JACKET.
Action
BSLW RECAT 2023
Subjects
LC Subjects
Action and adventure fiction.
Adultery -- Fiction.
Adventure stories.
American fiction -- 20th century.
Autobiographical fiction.
Big game hunting -- Kenya -- Fiction.
Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kenya -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Novels.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
Adultery -- Fiction.
Adventure stories.
American fiction -- 20th century.
Autobiographical fiction.
Big game hunting -- Kenya -- Fiction.
Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kenya -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Novels.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hemingway, E., & Hemingway, P. (1999). True at first light . Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 and Patrick, Hemingway. 1999. True At First Light. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 and Patrick, Hemingway. True At First Light Scribner, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hemingway, Ernest, and Patrick Hemingway. True At First Light Scribner, 1999.
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