It's hard to think of any other writer who could have created this quote. Hemingway was a man of no frills, just thrills; a real man's man's man. Comparing this alongside another famous Hemingway quote, the so- called 'Iceberg Theory', concerning writing being the tip of the iceberg and the subtext and backstory being the remaining 7/8ths of the story, we get further insight into his creative writing process. I am of two minds about Hemingway; there's no denying the man's intense genius, as one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century. His style is certainly refreshing; a step away from the previous normalcy of mind numbing descriptive detail like Faulkner. Hemingway was an architect of words and put them up like the literal skyscrapers of America that rose as his contemporaries; bare, glorious, but still bare. But that was his style. If every writer gave us only a framework of words, reading would be a cold, unfurnished experience. We need the architecture, but without the interior of the extravagant word, no one would ever really appreciate the elaborate inside of literature.
- Dominic Curran
- Dominic Curran
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