Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

by Michael Palin | Travel | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0752837060 Global Overview for this book
Registered by minnesota84 of Bathgate, Scotland United Kingdom on 2/2/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by minnesota84 from Bathgate, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, February 2, 2015
one of my old man's clear-out books

Journal Entry 2 by minnesota84 at Bathgate, Scotland United Kingdom on Friday, February 6, 2015

Released 9 yrs ago (2/6/2015 UTC) at Bathgate, Scotland United Kingdom

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On it's way to De joaquimponte in Portugal

Journal Entry 3 by joaquimponte at Lumiar - Quinta das Conchas, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Friday, February 20, 2015
Arrived in Lisbon on a beautiful "spring" day . Reading Hemingway's life adventure ( told by Michael Palin) is like taking a walk on a day like this one.

thanks a lot minnesota84

Journal Entry 4 by joaquimponte at Lumiar - Quinta das Conchas, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Saturday, July 11, 2015
Michael Palin is best known for his travel books, sponsored by the BBC and also as one of the elements of a famous comedy group: the incredible Monthy Python.

But this book is much more than a travel book, for it is an account of Ernest Hemingway's life , through the places where he lived, loved and died, through people who knew him in person and repeating some of his adventures like climbing of Mount Kilimanjaro or going to swordfish.

The photos are beautiful , from Basil Pao , which worked with Monthy Python and also with Bertolluci in the movies "The Last Emperor" and "The Little Buddha".

Hemingway was a man with great strength of character, contemptuous of all customs and rules of morality, who he loved to break.

Michael Palin begins the book telling about his own initiation to Hemingway's writing, when he was just 13 years old, through reading "A Farewell to Arms" (a book of love and war past in Italy)," For Whom the Bell Tolls" (concerning the Spanish Civil War) and "The Old Man and Sea", Hemingway participated in three wars, suffered several serious road accident, was bullfighter, hunter, lover of many women, a unique being with a literary work with a message to our modern world.
The trip was made in 1999, 100 years after Hemingway's birth in 1899 and allowed to know not only the places.... but also the man with his faults and virtues, and a rare life force, barely seen in our world. For this reason I recommend the book, which is an interesting read and contains very nice and useful information.

Hemingway is now again available for new adventures...

Released 6 yrs ago (4/28/2017 UTC) at Conchas Little Free Library in Lumiar - Quinta das Conchas, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal

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Journal Entry 6 by Azuki at Miami, Florida USA on Friday, April 28, 2017
I am glad that I get to visit the Little Free Library on my trip to Portugal this time, as last time I visited it wasn't up yet. My dear friend Joaquim has done such a beautiful job setting up this beautiful library, and we saw that it has attracted a lot of people as they walk by. Great job!!

I've read a few of Michael Palin's books and always enjoyed them, so when I notice this on the shelf I couldn't help picking this up. Thanks for sharing.

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