Hemingway's Brain

"Hemingway's Brain does not diminish Hemingway; it makes the author's late writings appear more comprehensible—without undercutting their charm and power."—spiked

"Hemingway's Brain provides a new and unique perspective. It's compassionate while shedding scientific light on the factors that transformed a beloved icon and led to his demise."—OakPark.com

"In this meticulously researched study, Andrew Farah fluidly combines his expertise in psychiatry with his considerable knowledge of modernist literature and art to make a valuable contribution to Hemingway scholarship. He corrects medical misdiagnoses and dispels myths of the legend to convey a truer, more textured picture of Hemingway and his work."—Molly Abel Travis, Tulane University

"The book is first-rate and should establish once and for all the persuasive medical intelligence on the much-debated subject of what destroyed Ernest Hemingway."—Scott Donaldson, biographer, author of Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald

"A fascinating study of Hemingway's mental health and the related impact on his life and writings. Farah skillfully examines the family history, alcoholism, and repeated physical traumas that led the literary icon to a tortured and tragic end. An important and original biography of America's greatest writer."—Dirk Cussler, author of Odessa Sea

"Farah's book goes deeper, mixing biography, literature and medical analysis."—The Washington Post

"Addictively readable, intensively researched, and organized around an expert's corrective diagnosis of Hemingway's psychological states and their causes, this is an indispensable resource for scholars of Hemingway's fiction and for all readers with an interest in his writing and his life of risk-taking action, increasingly fraught relationships, and eventual tragedy."—Wendy Stallard Flory, Purdue University

"It's a gift to Hemingway studies to have a neuropsychiatrist of Dr. Farah's ability offer us not only each detailed, expert attention to the author's case, but also such an invigorating perspective shift... Hemingway's Brain is essential reading."—The Hemingway Review

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