It materialized in my mind while I was writing The Most Romantic Hero of the Roaring Twenties essay. Papa's heart was always brimming with affections—for so many people, places, experiences... It's captivating. Just like those bewtiching women with their mysterious powers...
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The Most Romantic Hero of the Roaring Twenties
Hemingway's roman à clef The Sun Also Rises is through and through a romantic novel—full of passions and yearnings. At the time, 26-year-old Papa struggled with temptations, desires, and deceit. He channeled the complexity of it all through his alter ego Jake Barnes onto the pages of his first novel... And he brilliantly managed to do it without breaking away from his "iceberg" philosophy.
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Big Fan of Wuthering Heights I Am Not: An Opinion
Speaking of romantic heroes... Catching all these glimpses of teasers and trailers for the latest film adaptation of Wuthering Heights1 inevitably reminded me how much I disliked the novel all those decades back when I read it. Still vividly recalling the experience of it, I have to admit that my sentiments have not changed. It... Continue Reading →
