Ernest Hemingway's 'Green Hills of Africa' reissued

Published in 1935, "Green Hills of Africa" was Hemingway's account of a hunting safari on the Serengeti Plains, a chronicle of adventure and a literary challenge Hemingway set up for himself.

The new edition is part of a series authorized by the Hemingway estate that already includes reissues of A Moveable Feast, ''The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms.

Pfeiffer's journal also describes a near-tragedy — the author's rifle fell off a car and fired — that inspired Hemingway's classic short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," in which the title character is killed by a sudden blast from his wife's gun.

[...] Green Hills of Africa" has been criticized for its detailed catalog of animal slaughter and for its reduction of Africa and Africans to backdrops for the author's personal experiences.

Sean Hemingway acknowledged that parts of "Green Hills" might be uncomfortable for modern readers, but noted that the book had inspired many people's interest in Africa — his own included — and provided a snapshot not just of the author in his physical prime but of a historical moment.