It cracks me up how Hemingway refuses to write swear words and the word "obscenity" becomes a verb, ie. We are obscenitied!
The obvious Spanish syntax is interesting as well and I imagine that those not fluent in Spanish would find the English both twisted and awkward at times.(example, Hemingway writes, "For a favor, do this!, which seems a direct translation of "Por favor".
Another example is "How many years to you have?" (Cuntos aos tienes) instead of the proper English "How old are you?".  It's as if Hemingway wrote the dialogue in Spanish and then translated it word for word into English. I'm not sure if this is genious or annoying.
Regardless of this goofy English, the novel is a good read and I recommend reading it.
It cracks me up how Hemingway refuses to write swear words and the word "obscenity" becomes a verb, ie. We are obscenitied! The obvious Spanish syntax is interesting as well and I imagine that those not fluent in Spanish would find the English both twisted and awkward at times. (example, Hemingway writes, "For a favor, do this! , which seems a direct translation of "Por favor". Another example is "How many years to you have? " (Cuntos aos tienes) instead of the proper English "How old are you? ". It's as if Hemingway wrote the dialogue in Spanish and then translated it word for word into English. I'm not sure if this is genious or annoying. Regardless of this goofy English, the novel is a good read and I recommend reading it.