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Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do?
Hemingway: It depends. I rewrote the ending of Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, 39 times before I was satisfied.
Interviewer: Was there some technical problem there? What was it that had stumped you?
Hemingway: Getting the words right.
– Ernest Hemingway, The Paris Review Interview, 1956. Just one of the writers in our slideshow, 20 Great Writers on the Art of Revision.
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Christopher King’s designs for a Derek Raymond series, part of Peter Mendelsund’s 16 Favorite Book Covers of 2012.
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Flavorpill’s giving away tickets to Breakfast at Tiffany’s on Broadway. Enter HERE.
Fun Facts:- This rendition is based on the novella by Truman Capote, more so than the movie with Audrey Hepburn.
- It’s a darker version.
- Holly is played by Emilia Clarke (from HBO’s Game of Thrones)
- “Fred”, the narrator, is acknowledged as gay (like the novella), unlike the character in the film.
- There is nudity, so leave the grandchildren at home.
- George Wendt, known for his role as ‘Norm’, the bartender from Cheers, plays the barman.
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