Hemingway vs. Faulkner

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ththpup

Who would win in a fist fight?

Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):

Hemingway

eri86 , married with children , spiced , js250 , Gone (LD29) , sXeVegan90 , Allstars316 , marshmallow , karenm

9 (82%)

Faulkner

Real or memorex , Ayogirl230

2 (18%)

Total votes: 11

Poll is closed

05/14/2013

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married with children

Hemingway seemed to be more of a mans man.

05/15/2013

spiced

I love Hemingway because he gets right to the point, whereas Faulkner meanders all over the place and often, I'm left wondering whether I really got the point he was trying to make — or whether he even WAS trying to make a point, sometimes.

Faulker's writing IS more beautiful, though. I haven't read anything of his in decades; it's probably about time I gave him another go.

05/15/2013

stacylyn

Quote:

Originally posted by ththpup

Who would win in a fist fight?

hemingway

05/15/2013

spiced

I just realized I totally missed the point of the question!

Well, my vote is still correct, anyway. Hemingway knew how to box. He was an amateur boxer before becoming a writer, and he even had a boxing ring in the yard of his house in Key West. Faulker didn't know anything about boxing, as far as I know...so I'm pretty sure Hemingway would have made short work of him in the boxing ring. Especially if the two men boxed the same way they wrote!