A Café Conversation with Papa: Hemingway on the Death of the Novel

"What matters is if it’s honest."

(Scene: A Coffee Shop. HEMINGWAY sips his drink and glances at your tablet.)

Hemingway: Basketball, huh? What’s the story?

You: A schoolboy chasing his pro dream. It's more about the relationships off the court, though.

Hemingway: Sounds human. No plans for a novel?

You: Attention spans are too short these days.

Hemingway: Well, what matters is if it’s honest.

You: But do people still care? Everything feels so… disposable.

Hemingway: Everything’s always been disposable. Don’t let that stop you.

You: So, the novel’s not dead?

Hemingway: Only if writers let it die.

(Posted on Threads on 10.10.2024)

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