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Sigal insists that, simply for the pleasure provided by a consummate story teller, Hemingway is still as much a must-read as ever.  \nThough Hemingway Lives! will provide plenty that’s new for those already familiar with Papa’s oeuvre, including substantial forays into his political commitments, the women in his life, and the astonishing range of his short stories, it assumes no prior knowledge of his work. Those venturing into Hemingway’s writing for the first time will find in Sigal an inspirational and erudite guide.  \nCLANCY SIG AL , a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award winner, is the author of Weekend in Dinlock, Going Away (a National Book Award runner-up), Zone of the Interior, The Secret Defector, and A Woman of Uncertain Character. He co-wrote the 2002 feature film Frida , as well as In Love and War about a young and wounded Hemingway’s passionate love affair with his nurse.  \nOR Books  \n[www.or books.com](www.or books.com)[ ](www.or books.com)[Cover image: Hemingway](Cover image: Hemingway)’[s](s)[ ](s)passport photo, 1923  \nHEMINGWAY LIVES !  \nHEMINGWAY LIVES !  \nWHY RE ADING  \nERNE S T HEMINGWAY  \nM ATTERS T ODAY  \nCLANCY SIG AL  \nOR Books New York • London  \n© 2013 Clancy Sigal  \nPublished by OR Books, New York and London Visit our website [at www.orbooks.com](at www.orbooks.com)  \nFirst printing 2013  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except brief passages for review purposes.  \nCataloging-in-Publication data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nISBN 978-1-939293-17-6 paperback  \nISBN 978-1-939293-18-3 e-book  \nAll images courtesy of the JFK Presidential Library’s Media Gallery.  \nCover design by Bathcat Ltd.  \nCover photograph © National Archives and Records Administration.  \nThis book was set in the typeface Garamond.  \nTypeset by Lapiz Digital, Chennai, India.  \nPrinted by BookMobile in the United States and CPI Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. The U.S. printed edition of this book comes on Forest Stewardship Council-certified, 30% recycled paper. The printer, BookMobile, is 100% wind-powered.  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction vii  \n1 The Forever Boy 1  \n2 His Private War 13  \n3 The Wound, the Bow, and the Minenwerfer M.14 shell 17  \n4 That Great Body of His 23  \n5 His \\#2 Pencil 27  \n6 The Women in His Life 31  \n7 It’s Not Only Men Who are Victims of Post  \nTraumatic Stress Disorder—The Sun Also Rises 53  \n8 The Deserter—A Farewell to Arms 65  \n9 Marie, Hemingway’s Amazing Whore—To Have and  \nHave Not 73  \n10 “No Pasaran”—They Will Not Pass—Hemingway’s Spain 81  \n11 But They Did Pass—World War II 99  \n12 The Father’s Sons 113  \n13 Across the River into a Storm of Flak and The Old  \nMan and the Sea 119  \n14 His Suicidal Summer 129  \n15 The Hurts, the Air Crashes, and Castro 133  \n16 Downhill Racer—Flying to the Mountain  \nTop and Death 137  \n17 The Short Stories 147  \n18 The Nasty Stuff 179  \n19 A Snake Named Catherine 185  \n20 Immortal Papa—After Death—A Moveable Feast and other Works 193  \n21 Copy Boy! 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