![]() The lightbulb went off, and I wrote my thesis on the work ethic in Sun and began attending Hemingway conferences, where I mingled with Hemingway scholars and aficionados from around the world. On the reading list in a required course was The Sun Also Rises. “My advisor recommended I do research on an American author and I decided on Hemingway, remembering I had read something by him in high school. “My ‘romance’ with Ernest Hemingway began in 1988, when I commenced studying for my Master’s Degree in English Literature at Tel-Aviv University in Israel,” Henn says. ![]() After teaching for one year in the NYC Public School system, she embarked on the great adventure of her life-immigrating to Israel where she met her husband, became a member of a kibbutz (communal society), raised five children and taught English as a Foreign Language for 17 years in the local schools (elementary, junior and senior high), and taught another 30 years in Israeli universities and colleges. Born and raised in the United States, growing up in New York City, Henn earned her BA in English Literature from Queens College in 1966 and a MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) from New York University in 1967. Judy Siegel Henn, who visited the Petoskey area in 19 – following the Hemingway Centennial in Oak Park, IL – has become a literary expert on Torrents. Set in northern Michigan, Torrents tells the story of two men who work at a local pump factor-one a World War I veteran and the other a writer-each in their quest to find the perfect woman (although they don’t see eye-to-eye on this ideal). Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound and Anderson, gathered to drink and talk about their creative talents. The Hemingways also frequented the home of author Gertrude Stein, where other ex-pat writers such as F. About this time, they had also befriended Vogue writer Pauline Pfeiffer-who would later become Ernest’s second wife, and mother of his sons, Patrick and Gregory. At the time of the writing, Hemingway was living with his first wife, Hadley Richardson, and their son, John Hadley Nicanor (nicknamed Bumby), in Paris. Torrents was Hemingway’s first long work, written in satirical fashion as a spoof of the world of writers, aimed to be a parody of Sherwood Anderson’s Dark Laughter (published by Boni & Liveright in 1925). In 1993, Simon & Schuster acquired Scribner’s collection, including all Hemingway titles (billed as Scribner Books from Simon & Schuster). When they did reject it, Torrents was then submitted to Scribner’s (at Scott Fitzgerald’s urging) which published an initial 1250 copies in 1926, thus beginning the eventual Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author’s 35-year relationship with the publisher including the Octopublication of The Sun Also Rises. Boni & Liveright held the right of first refusal for Hemingway’s next three books, yet should they reject any one, the agreement would be terminated. ![]() Many scholars believe that Hemingway wrote the 96-page novella (completed in just 10 days) in an effort to escape his contract with Boni & Liveright, who had published the author’s collection of short stories In Our Time, in 1926. The publication The Torrents of Spring, subtitled “A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race,” holds a bit of controversy. He would spend time each and every summer until 1922 at the family’s beloved Windemere cottage (including his 1921 honeymoon) the cottage is still owned by descendants of the Hemingway family. International scholar Judy Siegel Henn will then provide a brief reading guide for participants to consider before her primary discussion on Monday, April 25.Įrnest Hemingway was about seven weeks old when he made his first trip from his hometown of Oak Park, IL to Walloon Lake where his parents – Clarence and Grace (Hall) – had purchased property along the North Shore. On Monday, April 18, MHS President Chris Struble will share photographs and information about the actual sites in Mancelona and Petoskey featured in the novella, which have been designated by Michigan Hemingway Tour historic markers (including the Jesperson’s building, McCarthy’s Barber Shop, Braun Hotel and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Station, all in downtown Petoskey). The Village of Walloon Lake, in cooperation with the Michigan Hemingway Society (MHS) and Crooked Tree District Library, is planning its second virtual community read of one of Ernest Hemingway’s books: The Torrents of Spring, which is set in northern Michigan. A free 2-Part Community Read of Hemingway’s Novella is Planned for April 18 & 25 (7pm) International Scholar Judy Siegel Henn to Lead Virtual Discussion
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