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Article: Carlos Baker and the "true gen."(Ernest Hemingway's biographer and biographical truth in Hemingway's writing)
- Article from:
- The Hemingway Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Ernest Hemingway Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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It is not unnatural that the best writers are liars: A major part of their
trade is to lie or invent and they will lie when they are drunk, or to
themselves, or to strangers. They often lie unconsciously and then remember
their lies with deep remorse. If they knew all other writers were liars too
it would cheer them.... Lying to themselves is harmful but this is
cleansed away by the writing of a true book which in its invention is
truer than any true thing that ever happened.