Episode Three: Understatement and Simply Beautiful, Simply Stunning Writing (Hemingway, Frost, Rulfo)

This episode focuses on the thrill-inducing writing that is produced, paradoxically, by understated and straightforward writing. What a pleasure to explore Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man at the Bridge," Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken," and Juan Rulfo's "No Oyes Ladrar los Perros." Pete shouts out his former college professor Francisco Jimenez, the great writer of among others, Breaking Through/Cajas de Carton, reads some of Rulfo's original Spanish, drops another Godfather reference (!), and details the awesome and possibly apocryphal story of Hemingway spinning the most-famous six-word short story of all-time.

This episode will be followed by Part Two later this week.

 

Authors Mentioned and Episode Allusions and Songs:

311, "Amber" Instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXX2w8I1G6U

Michael Corleone Gets Hit by the "Thunderbolt": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0iXfa2unYY

Ernest Hemingway-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway

Hemingway's Famous Six-Word Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_sale:_baby_shoes,_never_worn

Robert Frost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost

Francisco Jimenez: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Jim%C3%A9nez_(writer)

Juan Rulfo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rulfo