The Importance of Reading Ernest discussion

Nobody Ever Dies is one of Hemingway's published but uncollected short stories. Read the story and get us started, folks.

First impressions of this story is … awkward dialogue. Are we to assume it's a rough translation? I would love to hear from Preb (and others, of course) on this, knowing he's a fan of Hemingway's dialogue.

Second impression is favorable. I still find the dialog awkward but I like the message of the story.

I am going to have to read it again because I didn't find the dialogue bumpy at all when I went through it; still, my reaction to the dialogue was indifference, I didn't even notice it, and since I am usually a fan of Hemingway's dialogue, and it is usually something I notice, this indifference must say something.

What strikes me about this story is that it really feels like a strange companion to To Have and Have Not, and neither that novel nor this story feels like the usual Hemingway piece. Something else is going on here. But what?