
True at First Light
A Fictional Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Brian Dennehy
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By:
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Ernest Hemingway
A blend of autobiography and fiction, the book opens on the day his close friend, Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession. Spicing his depictions of human longings with sharp humor, Hemingway captures the excitement of big-game hunting and the unparalleled beauty of the scenery: the green plains covered with gray mist, zebra and gazelle traversing the horizon, cool dark nights broken by the sounds of the hyena's cry.
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Critic reviews
"Twentieth-century American literature could not end on a brighter note than the publication of this book." (Library Journal)
"Amusing, moving, and of treasurable importance to an understanding of this massive, however flawed, genius of our literature." (Kirkus Reviews) "A major literary event. In addition to the book's intrinsic pleasures, it provides a new window into the tantalizing, unsettling, oceanic world of his experimental, unfinished late work." (Newsweek)
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It’s Hemingway
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(None of the foreign words Hemingway employs really make or break any plot points, but it's worth checking the glossary at the end of the print edition for a fuller understanding of his pidgin-Swahili.)
Good match of author and narrator
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I noticed some parts of the recording had “dead air”.
At times the story seemed a bit lackluster 🫠
Relaxing listen
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A must for African safari dreamers
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True at First Light Review
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Excellent Hemingway
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Something Missing
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Good to see an old friend
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Not good for audible
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Boring
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