Ernest HEMINGWAY
Lettre autographe inédite signée à Roberto Sotolongo du coeur de la savaneUnpublished Autograph Letter Signed to Roberto Sotolongo from the Heart of the Savanna
[Quelque part au Kenya] 19 septembre 1953|20.20 x 25.20 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet et une enveloppe
To our knowledge unpublished autograph letter signed by Ernest Hemingway to Roberto Herrera Sotolongo, 2 pages in blue ink on both sides of a sheet, and envelope postmarked September 19, 1953 with his autograph return address ("E. Hemingway...") on the back.
The letter begins in Spanish and continues in English, before ending with a few Spanish words signed "Mister Papa".
A magnificent letter from Hemingway to his Cuban friend and secretary, recounting his 1953 safari in Kenya. Hemingway reveals the true outcome of the hunt for the black-maned lion, a central theme of his posthumous novel True at first light (1999) l
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