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Jessica Kesler on 09 Feb 10The start of the lit crticism
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one of the finest prose stylists in English,"
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The presenter of the 1954 Nobel Prize in literature said: "With masterly skill [Hemingway] reproduces all the nuances of the spoken word, as well as those pauses in which thought stands still and the nervous mechanism is thrown out of gear. It may sometimes sound like small talk, but it is not trivial when one gets to know his method. He prefers to leave the work of psychological reflection to his readers and this freedom is of great benefit to him in spontaneous observation."
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