Michael Kleeberg's novel reveals new side of Ernest Hemingway
Michael Kleeberg has written a novel about Ernest Hemingway, offering a fresh perspective on the iconic American author. The book is part of a trend where novelists increasingly become subjects of novels, as seen with Jan Koneffke's imagining of Joseph Roth's love affair and Colm Tóibín's exploration of Thomas Mann's hidden life. Kleeberg's work aims to go beyond the clichés of Hemingway as a life-loving, heavy-drinking, sportsman persona, revealing what lay beneath the surface. The novel is published in the current issue of Freitag.
Key facts
- Michael Kleeberg wrote a novel about Ernest Hemingway
- The novel reveals a new side of Hemingway
- Part of a trend of novelists writing about other novelists
- Jan Koneffke wrote about Joseph Roth in 'Im Schatten zweier Sommer'
- Colm Tóibín wrote about Thomas Mann in 'Der Zauberer'
- Hemingway is a major 20th-century American literary figure
- The novel appears in the current issue of Freitag
Entities
Artists
- Michael Kleeberg
- Ernest Hemingway
- Jan Koneffke
- Joseph Roth
- Colm Tóibín
- Thomas Mann
Institutions
- Freitag