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Hemingwayesque
[ hem-ing-wey-esk ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
Hemingwayesque
/ ˌhɛmɪŋˌweɪˈɛsk /
adjective
- of, relating to, or like Ernest Hemingway or his literary style
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hemingwayesque1
Example Sentences
The pleasures of Harrison’s writings tend to the Hemingwayesque, and are set largely in his native Midwest: hunting, fishing, hiking and generally being outdoors; cooking, eating and drinking; sex, women and conversation.
The closest thing we have to a prominent “Hemingwayesque” author today is Dave Eggers, who deployed that clipped-yet-redundant style in novels like “A Hologram for the King” and “The Circle.”
A Hemingwayesque writer reviews the riddle of his life as he lies dying in Africa.
For the Hemingwayesque director, there was none of that final-credit nonsense: “No animals were harmed in the making of this film.”
It also, as a result, opened up Europe for the first time to Americans beyond the ranks of Jamesian travellers and Hemingwayesque expatriates.
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