Title
Hemingway’s Religious Odyssey: The Afro-Cuban Connection in Two Stories and The Old Man and the Sea
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Analyzes “One Trip Across,” “Nobody Ever Dies,” and The Old Man and the Sea according to the beliefs of the Afro-Cuban religions of Lukumi/Santería and Palo Monte. Grimes addresses the presence of the deity Ochún, identified with the Catholic Virgin of Cobre, showing that only her feminine ache (spirit) can bring balance and good luck to Santiago. Grimes draws on the testimony of Hemingway’s majordomo to support his assertion that Hemingway was deeply interested in the Afro-Cuban religions he encountered.
Published in
Date
2013
Pages
150-164
COinS
Citation
Grimes, Larry and Bickford Sylvester, eds. Hemingway, Cuba, and the Cuban Works. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2013.