The Garden Of Eden

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The story begins with David and Catherine on their honeymoon in the French Riviera. They both meet a young lady named Marita, and both of them fall in love with her, knowing only one will ultimately have her. Critics have said this story represents a gentler Hemingway who was supporting free sexuality.

The Garden of Eden received considerable editing, which leads some to question how it can be compared to other, more completed works of Hemingway. It was published in 1986, the second Hemingway work to be published posthumously. Plans are underway to make a film from this novel.

Some would suggest that serious Hemingway scholars can only find value in The Garden of Eden in its original unedited, unpublished form.  It has a light, surface image of sexual freedom, and a deeper underlying theme of disillusionment and fragmentation. It rapidly became a best seller due to the interest in the Hemingway name, which made people eager to snap it up as quickly as it was published.