Hemingway as Trump!
> 'NOTE: This is a work of parody and is not an actual letter written by
> Fitzgerald.'
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> https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/this-side-of-paradise-a-letter-from-f-scott-fitzgerald-quarantined-in-the-south-of-france
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> On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 at 19:13, jay ginn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> A view on a past pandemic - history repeating?
>>
>> Jay
>> Dr Jay Ginn
>> >
>> > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 3:31 PM
>> > Subject: A letter from F Scott Fitzgerald, in quarantine during the
>> Spanish Flu
>> >
>> > A LETTER FROM F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, QUARANTINED IN 1920 IN THE SOUTH OF
>> FRANCE DURING THE SPANISH INFLUENZA OUTBREAK.
>> >
>> > “Dearest Rosemary,
>> > It was a limpid dreary day, hung as in a basket from a single dull
>> star. I thank you for your letter. Outside, I perceive what may be a
>> collection of fallen leaves tussling against a trash can. It rings like
>> jazz to my ears. The streets are that empty. It seems as though the bulk
>> of
>> the city has retreated to their quarters, rightfully so. At this time,
>> it
>> seems very poignant to avoid all public spaces. Even the bars, as I told
>> Hemingway, but to that he punched me in the stomach, to which I asked if
>> he
>> had washed his hands. He hadn’t. He is much the denier, that one. Why,
>> he
>> considers the virus to be just influenza. I’m curious of his sources.
>> > The officials have alerted us to ensure we have a month’s worth of
>> necessities. Zelda and I have stocked up on red wine, whiskey, rum,
>> vermouth, absinthe, white wine, sherry, gin, and lord, if we need it,
>> brandy. Please pray for us.
>> > You should see the square, oh, it is terrible. I weep for the
>> damned
>> eventualities this future brings. The long afternoons rolling forward
>> slowly on the ever-slick bottomless highball. Z. says it’s no excuse to
>> drink, but I just can’t seem to steady my hand. In the distance, from my
>> brooding perch, the shoreline is cloaked in a dull haze where I can
>> discern
>> an unremitting penance that has been heading this way for a long, long
>> while. And yet, amongst the cracked cloudline of an evening’s cast, I
>> focus
>> on a single strain of light, calling me forth to believe in a better
>> morrow.
>> >
>> > Faithfully yours,
>> > F. Scott Fitzgerald”
>> >
>> >
>> >
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