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The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden | Ernest Hemingway
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A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, "The Garden of Eden" is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from 1946 until his death in 1961. Set on the Cote d'Azur in the 1920s, it is the story of a young American writer, David Bourne, his glamorous wife, Catherine, and the dangerous, erotic game they play when they fall in love with the same woman. "A lean, sensuous narrative...taut, chic, and strangely contemporary," "The Garden of Eden" represents vintage Hemingway, the master "doing what nobody did better." (R. Z. Sheppard, "Time") *** When you start to live outside yourself, it's all dangerous. Everybody has strange things that mean things to them. You couldn't help it. Remember everything is right until it's wrong. You'll know when it's wrong. You're awfully dark, brother," he said. "You don't know how dark. He felt as though he were hailing a ship. *** "A miracle, a fresh slant on the old magic." (John Updike, "The New Yorker") This is one of Hemingway's most fascinating character studies, and like all his heroines in all of his books, I sort of fell in love with her. (Sylvia, goodreads.com) I could read this over and over and never get tired of it. It has been at the top of my favorite books list for a very long time. It's simple and it's sparse and yet it speaks volumes about love and sex and men and women and our humanity and our imperfection. It's posthumous and even though it's different from everything else he wrote, it's still Papa. (Jessie, goodreads.com)
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eeclayton
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Not many things happened in this book, but there was a tension between the characters that was beautifully captured in the dialogues. I enjoyed it a lot.

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EricBoyd
The Garden of Eden | Ernest Hemingway

I'm a girl. But now I'm a boy too and I can do anything and anything and anything.

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TheSpineView
The Garden of Eden | Ernest Hemingway
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#JazzyJune @Eggs
#Garden

This is the first thing to come to mind.

Eggs This book is new to me! Nice choice (edited) 5y
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Rachbb3
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The best thing I can say about this book is it satisfied a square on my #LRC bingo and the "G" for the #Litsyclassics challenge.

This book in a nutshell: a couple eats, drinks, swims, destroys their marriage, and talks nonsense that nobody can understand. Then repeat day after day with no resolution in the end.

catherine2 That sounds awful 😂 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Sounds like Hemingway! 😝 6y
LiteraryinLawrence Ick. Hard pass! 6y
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xicanti I just finished a book with the same basic plot summary, and it was also awful. 6y
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Rachbb3
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I always get a little wary when books are published posthumously, but this assures that the work is all the author's. This is one for #Litsyclassics #Litsyclassicschallenge

KellyHunsakerReads Can you tell me about the challenge? How do I find it? 6y
Rachbb3 @Hunsakermountain Sure, it's a A to Z classic book challenge hosted by @Sarah83 Here is the link to fill out if you are going to participate. The instructions are there. 😊 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO7WWO9aJNtjrEoKUKLDSUbZocnwaH6_y0eqwV... 6y
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DeborahSmall
Garden of Eden | Ernest Hemingway
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Read.Em.And.Eat Can we take a second to talk about those nails?! Beautiful!!! 😍 7y
DeborahSmall @Katianna 😂 thank you! My nail technician is amazing! Black gel polish with gold foils then another topcoat 💕 7y
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GoneFishing
Garden of Eden | Ernest Hemingway

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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Chrisalynn
Garden of Eden | Ernest Hemingway
Mehso-so

This was an interesting but not great read. I know he didn't finish it but it was a little bizarre.