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Portrait of Hemingway (Modern Library)

On May 13, 1950, Lillian Ross’s first portrait of Ernest Hemingway was published in The New Yorker. It was an account of two days Hemingway spent in New York in 1949 on his way from Havana to Europe. This candid and affectionate profile was tremendously controversial at the time, to the great surprise of its author. Booklist said, “The piece immediately conveys to the reader the kind of man Hemingway was–hard-hitting, warm, and exuberantly alive.” It remains the classic eyewitness account of the legendary writer, and it is reproduced here with the preface Lillian Ross prepared for an edition of Portrait in 1961.

Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, and to celebrate the centenary of this event, Ms. Ross has written a second portrait of Hemingway for The New Yorker, detailing the friendship the two struck up after the completion of the first piece. It is included here in an amended form. Together, these two works establish the definitive sketch of one of America’s greatest writers.

Portrait is a glimpse into the life of Hemingway over a two-day period. For fans of Hemingway, this is a fascinating snapshot of the famous Hemingway bravado and an offering of the vulnerability and sensitivity flowing immediately under the gruff and overly-confident exterior. Hemingway’s passion for art and alcohol is found here, and one can’t help but be reminded of his earlier devotion to, and inspiration from, painting rendered in A Moveable Feast. Sadly, one also anticipates the later disability compounded by the excessive drinking that finally extinguished such a brilliant career.

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This book caused a commotion when it was first published because Hemingway came across as insensitive, but it is only the lazy reader not willing to dig a little deeper, and only the reader who allows the powerful prose of Ross to lull them into mere observation, who fails to recognize the whole of Hemingway’s character. If you are a Hemingway fan, or you want to scratch the surface of the life of a great writer who showed no fear in displaying his faults as readily as his virtues, and you don’t mind a few character quirks along the way, read this book.

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Details For Portrait of Hemingway (Modern Library)

• Series: Modern Library ( Download PDF : )


• ISBN-10: 0375754385


• ISBN-13: 978-0375754388


• Author : Lillian Ross


• Paperback: 112 pages


• Publisher: Modern Library; Modern Library Pbk. Ed edition (July 6, 1999)


• Language: English


• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches


• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces

About the Author

Lillian Ross was born in Syracuse, New York. She worked as a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1945 to 1987 and returned to the magazine in 1993. Ms. Ross is the author of twelve books, including Picture (available as a Modern Library hardcover), Talk Stories, Takes, Reporting, Vertical and Horizontal, and Here but Not Here.

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