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On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Folks;  I don't know how many of you are following the controversy over
the
> "new" edition of A MOVEABLE FEAST, the great Parisian memoir of Hemingway.
> An all-time favorite title of mine, though admittedly filled with some of
> Hem's late pettiness as well....  This topic has been lighting up the
> Hemingway LIST like a Christmas tree.... reminds me a little of the
history
> of MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
>
> Great article uncovering this edition's many problems (some ethical),
> yesterday in the NY Times:
>
> www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/opinion/20hotchner.html?_r=2
>
> beware of big publishers (and dubious descendants) out for a buck....or
> several million of 'em...
>
>
> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
> Professor of English
> Saint Louis University
> St. Louis, MO  63108
> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> <www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/faculty/hbush.html>
>

Your link and this one reminds me of a quote from a friend (not Mark
Twain):  Truth is a slippery fish.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/books/28hemingway.html?pagewanted=1&fta=y

Arianne Laidlaw

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