Wednesday, September 7, 2022

THE HEMINGWAY BOOK CLUB OF KOSOVO

 Paula Huntley. The HEMINGWAY BOOK CLUB of KOSOVO. Putnum, 2003.

Very interesting, a joyful teaching experience in a war-ravaged city. Especially useful because I am so ignorant both of the geography of the area and of the war and NATO action, even though I know Canadian soldiers who were stationed there. 

As I was reading the commentary I thought: Did anyone ever criticize Hemingway for appropriating a Cuban character (The OLD MAN and the SEA).  But then I remembered Atwood's assertion: It's not the appropriation that is a problem. It is the mis-appropriation.



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