I think Hemingway’s main fault here is that he didn’t plant a nice big series of moral signposts for people whose definition of a good book requires them. Hemingway’s genius was his refusal to do this. Steinbeck’s was his ability to do it on a huge, societal scale, without cant, a feat you are a long way from matching. Which, I presume, is why you teach.
—Boopboopbedoop on Hemmingway… That Shit! Reconsidering the Sun Also Rises
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