A singular voice in American writing, Martha Gellhorn is known to several generations for her war reporting--from the Spanish civil war to Vietnam and Central America. But as this major retrospective amply demonstrates, for more than five decades she has also been a fiction writer of the first rank.
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Gellhorn's place in literary history has always been as the third Mrs. Ernest Hemingway, but she was a respected journalist and novelist in her own right. Now, with the renewed interest in her life and career (e.g., Bernice Kert's The Hemingway Women , LJ 5/15/83; Carl Rollyson's Nothing Ever Happens to the Brave , LJ 11/15/90), this volume gathers 14 novellas from four previously published collections, each representing a different stage in Gellhorn's life. Such tales as "Mrs. Maddison" from The Trouble I've Seen (1936) are fictionalized versions of her Depression-era reports. Ironic stories of sex, love, and marriage from Two by Two (1958) and Pretty Tales for Tired People ( LJ 6/1/65) are perhaps metaphors for Gellhorn's own marital woes. And the accounts of British colonials in a newly independent Africa ( The Weather in Africa , LJ 3/1/80) reflect her travels. Unfortunately, this book shows that Gellhorn's strengths as a writer lie in journalism, not fiction. Some of her plots seem contrived, and her English characters are often drawing-room cliches. While recommending this book for larger literature collections, this reviewer wonders whether it would have been published if Gellhorn had not been married to Hemingway.
- Wilda Williams, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
- Wilda Williams, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A compelling and worthwhile read,
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This review is from: The Novellas of Martha Gellhorn (Hardcover)
These collection of novellas are a real revelation. Originally, I had only bought the book because I am a great fan of Gellhorn's jounalism, and I wanted to check out her fiction.I loved most of these novellas. They are written with such clarity and lucidity, and with such insight into human nature. More importantly, her storytelling is simple but strong. A wonderful book that I reread again and again. Why her fiction is not as highly rated as her journalism, I dont know.
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Jumps from the page,
By Matthew (Manila, Philippines) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Novellas of Martha Gellhorn (Paperback)
Yep. I agree. Wonderful, completely surprising, and the stories from each period are very different. You have to read them.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant,
By Roomful-of-Books (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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Rivals any great writer of any time. My hero and favorite writer. She's brilliant and too often overlooked.
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