"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?"
Federico Calboli
Friday, December 07, 2012
Literary Cartridges
What famous short story do these two very distinctive cartridges represent?
I know nothing about bullets, and I fear I know even less about short stories. But I do know that the post and picture together made me think inexplicably of Hemingway and Fitzgerald.
Great metaphor Ellie, for both-- one I never thought of, and today a bit embarrassing for both, metaphorically comparing size as they did...
As NC knows (he was being subtle) there is also a very specific reference to a story in the "canon" (email or send yr address), perhaps with metaphorical undertones...
] Nathaniel got the cartridges right ...Macomber also used a 30-06 poorly on a lion in the beginning of the story before he met his maker via a Buff. The .505 belonged to the other central character Robert Wilson Great story
...well, Steve, make that SOME of yer readers know cartridges and lit.....So, for yer OTHER readers, when are you going to do a sighthound/doggy I.D. photo quiz?(hint hint)....L.B.
I had no idea what those cartridges were, but nontheless I would have guessed 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.' For some crazy reason that story has stuck in my head since I read it in High School
It would appear that those represent the emasculation of the 20th century American man.
ReplyDelete"short, ugly, shockingly big-bored"
I know nothing about bullets, and I fear I know even less about short stories. But I do know that the post and picture together made me think inexplicably of Hemingway and Fitzgerald.
ReplyDeleteGreat metaphor Ellie, for both-- one I never thought of, and today a bit embarrassing for both, metaphorically comparing size as they did...
ReplyDeleteAs NC knows (he was being subtle) there is also a very specific reference to a story in the "canon" (email or send yr address), perhaps with metaphorical undertones...
A short and happy one?
ReplyDeleteJim Cornelius
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"Offcouse" as Canat would say-- you got it Jim, as did NC.
ReplyDeleteQ Blog-- where literature meets ballistics...
The fact that it's a .505 Gibbs and a 6.5x54 makes me guess it's Hemingway.
ReplyDeleteThe Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber?
(Posted this in the wrong spot before, feel free to delete the wrong one.)
No worry and right on both counts.
ReplyDeleteIt pleases me that my readers know cartridges AND lit!
] Nathaniel got the cartridges right ...Macomber also used a 30-06 poorly on a lion in the beginning of the story before he met his maker via a Buff. The .505 belonged to the other central character Robert Wilson Great story
ReplyDelete...well, Steve, make that SOME of yer readers know cartridges and lit.....So, for yer OTHER readers, when are you going to do a sighthound/doggy I.D. photo quiz?(hint hint)....L.B.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea what those cartridges were, but nontheless I would have guessed 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.' For some crazy reason that story has stuck in my head since I read it in High School
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