When the Legends Die | Literary Qualities
The prose style of When the Legends Die is reminiscent of that of Ernest Hemingway, himself a writer of fiction about the American wilderness. The reason for this may be the similarity in the literary backgrounds of Borland and Hemingway: both learned their craft while working as journalists. Thus, both wrote in usually short, to-the-point sentences and tended to paint images in quick strokes. Both authors were interested in the relationship between human beings and nature, especially in how each affected the other. Further, both men portrayed America's wilderness as a refuge from...
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