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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 15B
Readers get tales of two
WELCOME,
GENTLE P,._EADEI
Mona Hill
Staff Writer
mhill@plumasnews.com
"The Garden of Eden" by
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemmgway started
"The Garden of Eden" in 1946,
and worked on it
over the years but
never finished it.
Although pub-
lished in 1986, oth-
ers prepared it for
publication. The
)ublisher assures us, "In
every sgnificant respect the
work is all the author's."
The novel revolves around
newlyweds who are honey-
mooning in France. The idyl-
lic setting of a French resort
and the exclusive intimacy of
their passion is their Eden.
No one could have been
blessed with more happiness.
The male protagonist is a
writer whose new book has
met with success. Throughout
the novel, he continues to
write. His wife is richand
supports them as he writes.
.However, further develop-
ments prove to support Hem-
ingway's stated theme: "The
happiness of the Garden that
man must lose."
Suddenly, his wife has the
idea that she would like to
play the role of a boy. The
husband plays along with her
fantasy just to please her.
At the point of indulging in
her fantasy, little by little, bit
by bit, throughout the rest of
the novel she develops in-
creasingly antagonistic and
irrational behavior.
She is never abusive, just
politely perverse. The hus-
band always reluctantly gives
in to he]'.
One day a beautiful, dark
girl comes to their table at a
restaurant and asks a question.
tt doesn't take long before
the wife and the dark girl be-
come intimate. The husband
is very understanding until
the wife insists that now he
and the dark girl should be-
come intimate.
He balks at this at first, but
eventually he ends up with
the dark girl, and his wife
simply goes away apparently
happy that she has given her
husband a beautiful gift.
Before she goes, however,
she confesses to him that she
has burned a series of stories
that he has been writing over a
period of months regarding his
father and an elephant hunt in
Africa. He had poured his
heart, soul and much energy
into those stories, and he is fu-
rious. When she blandly ex-
pects thanks for getting rid of
stories that didn't include her,
he wants to kill her but doesn't.
In the end, he sets about
rewriting his stories. The
writing flows as easily as be-
fore and he recreates entire
passages.
"The Garden of Eden" ends
with T.S. Eliot's "whimper,"
if indeed, it is an ending.
As strange as I thought the
story was, I had to admire Hem-
ingway's almost imperceptible
development of the wife's grow-
ing placid irrationality. I agree
with the book jacket that his
writing is "masterful," al-
though I have never been one of
Hemingway's greatest fans.
Salvatore
Taylorsville/Northridge
Hemingway and Hadley
Richardson meet when she is
visiting friends in Chicago
just following the end of the
Great War.
Hemingway is a young
writer, struggling to write
while stuck in "dead-end" re-
porting jobs.
She is shy, oppressed by her
married sister and her poor
self-esteem.
Despite everything, the two
are attracted to each other,
but Hemingway is a bit stand-
offish about marriage because
of his relationship with his
domineering mother.
Eventually the pair marry
and move to Paris, where they
become embroiled in the "Lost
Generation" of the Jazz Age.
He writes, befriended and
mentored by Ezra Pound and
Gertrude Stein, to name but
two.
"The Sun Also Rises," his
first published novel, was
.written during this time. It is
also during this time he met
the woman who became his
- second wife,
Interestingly, the events de-
scribed in the preceding review
of "The Garden of Eden" also
crop up in "The Paris Wife."
The difference between the sto-
ries of those events is a master-
ful example of the art of writing
fiction: true but different.
Papa was a spare and pow-
erful writer, undoubtedly
with an emphasis on machis-
mo. "The Paris Wife" gives
readers one possible view of
the private man.
Mona
' Quincy
"The Paris Wife" by Paula
McLain
This is the fictionalized story
of Ernest Hemingway and his
first marriage and a fascinat-
Iii: /; "; ; %:
interjected.
ing perspective
on the man who
became "Papa,"
told by his wife
with snippets
from Heming-
way's thoughts
"Between Two Ends" by
David Ward
A great, bold adventure for
any young person
brave enough to
enter! Match wits
with pirates, out-
wit the palace
guard, rescue a
plucky maiden
and save your dad!
All you risk is getting
trapped forever in a faraway
"" r 0
: e0000ingways
time and place. A word of cau-
tion: it's not easy to escape,
but very easy to unexpectedly
enter this world. In fact, I ..,
(Message ended, present
whereabouts of correspon-
dent unknown.)
Tom
Meadow Valley
"Gone with a Handsomer
Man" by Michael Lee West
Sometimes you just need to
laugh, and a book like Michael
: ................ . !iil :: Lee West's "Gone
With a Hand-
somer Man" is
just what the doc-
tor ordered: A
murder mystery
• with a twisted
sense of humor, zany charac-
ters and a rich regional set-
ting. This book is funny,
sweet, outrageous and very
entertaining.
Teeny Templeton is under-
standably angry when she dis-
covers her fianc playing
naked badminton with a cou-
ple of women in her backyard.
One canceled wedding and an
arrest for assault with peach-
es later, Teeny thinks her life
can't get much worse -- until
her former fianc6 is found
murdered, and she becomes
the main suspect.
Teeny's life becomes even
more complicated when her
forfier high school flame,
now an attorney, agrees to
represent her. Jobless and
stuck away from her family
peach farm, Teeny tries to
move on with her life and
find the real murderer while
doing some serious baking in
between.
Fans of the late Anne
George will appreciate the
uniquely Southern humor.
Cozy mystery fans will appre-
ciate the lack of gore.
'Gone with a Handsomer
Man" is perfect for those who
like theirmysteries on the
quirky or lighter side or for
anyone who likes to laugh
while they read.
Amber
Quincy
Benel
Plumas Arts, lik many
other worthwhile coz amuni-
ty service organizat: ons, is
finding it a challenge to
make ends meet at tl e close
of this fiscal year. To contin-
ue its projects, this (ommu-
nity organization ha; creat-
ed a fun way to entice some
tax-deductible don ations
with potential bene! its. Lo-
cal restaurants, evez tts pro-
ducers and artists h ve do-
nated prizes for sore of the
best summer fu that
Plumas County has t offer.
The resulting priz draw-
ing has something pecial
for a variety of taste,,.
Chances to win are $5
each, three for $10 c[r eight
for $20. Tickets canbe pur-
chasei at the Plumas Arts
Gallery in Quincy, by call-
ing 283-3402 or going online
to the Plumas Arts Shop at
plumasarts.org/shop to
charge your tickets before
noon June 25. Tickets will
also be on sale at Plumas
Arts booths at a number of
events around the county.
Prize drawing donations
are tax-deductible.
Winners will be drawn at
the intei'mission of the Cole
Young & Friends Comedy
Night Benefit for the Town
Hall Theatre June 25. Par-
ticipantsneed not be pre-
sent to win, but those who
are will be able to choose
their prizes at that time.
There is a limit of one prize
per person.
Plumas Arts provides
Plumas County with arts ed.
ucation programs in schools;
several of the county's best-
loved annual events: A1-
manor Art Show, Taste of
Plumas and Mountain Har-
vest Festival and Beer Tast-
ing; as well as concerts and
performances all year long
and Words & Music in
venues around the county.
The group is also respon-
sible for keeping the Town
Hall Theatre open with a
Greenhorn Ranch goes Dut :n
at 11 a.m., and the Dutch oven
judging begins at noon.
For more information or to
purchase a ticket stop by the
ranch, call 283-0930 or visit
greenhornranch.com
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and SSI cases at all levels of appeal
NO FEE UNLESS YOU ARE AWARDED BENEFITS
DISABILITY
Greenhorn Creek Guest
Ranch is going blue and Dutch.
That's right, it's hosting its
first annual Bluegrass Festi-
val and Dutch Oven Cook-off
Saturday, May 21. The line-up
includes some of the top
bands in bluegrass heading to
Quincy, along with some top-
notch Dutch oven chefs.
Featured bands include Fine
Line Blue Grass Band from the
southern California town of
Fullerton, with specialguests
The Old Tire Swingers based
out of Fresno, Banner Moun-
tain Boys from Sacramento,
and local groups Last Man
Standing and Code Bluegrass.
Now, about that food. Spend
an afternoon sampling Dutch
oven entrees. The cook-off has
been officially sanctioned by the
International Dutch Oven Soci-
ety, meaning that the winner or
winning team will be invited to
compete in the World Cook-off
in Sandy, Utah, in March 2012.
Presale tickets are $20 per
person and include the Dutch
oven tasting and the music.
Tickets at the gate will be $25
per person. The music starts
(775) 825-1616
1-877-832-8757
se habla espafiol
DISABILITY ASSOCIATES
Feather
it drawing
full program of fst-n, in-
dependent, foreign, cult and
classic films and communi-
ty performances in addition
to coordinating the county
cultural events calendar in
print and on the Web.
Plumas Arts also oper-
ates the Plumas Arts
GallerY, which features the
work of local artists.
• This active and ambi-
tin'us county arts agency
works collaboratively with
local arts organizations and
event providers to keep cul-
ture and community at the
center of Plumas County's
quality of life.
Prizes for the June 25 Plumas
Arts benefit drawing
"Taste Testing" by Deb
Groesser, a framed, color-
ful, limited edition print
Guitar case and stand
Golf at Plumas Pines for two
and dinner at Longboards
Bar & Grill
Two one-day passes to the
2011 High Sierra Music
Fesl ival for the day of
win
Jun
pas
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Lake,
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her's choice between
. 30 and July 3. The
;es will be awarded
rately.
certificate for Cafe Le
in Quincy
]-certificate for The
le at Chalet View in
eagle
klmanor Kayak Rentals
-week, half-day tan-
der kayak rental (for two
peqple)
Dining certificate for White-
havk Ranch in Clio
Dining,certificate for Gam-
bori s Peninsula Grill in
Lak
Two (
pas
Mo
at I
ty F
sep
mu
A pal
the
e Almanor
me,day brew tasting
es to the Oct. 15
ntain Harvest Festival
he Plumas-Sierra Coun-
airgrounds (awarded
arately -- winners
;t be 21 or over)
• of movie passes for
Town Hall Theatre
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