ABSTRACT. Given his exceptional tolerance, Hemingway put drinking to multiple uses, amongst them the promotion of his aggressive narcissism. His alter ego Thomas Hudson made it an opportunity in Islands in the Stream, to bully his hangers-on and mainly to trigger his exhibitionistic ambitions to always be on top, the heavyweight champion in all his doings. He did it quite professionally, but he was no longer young and so his loneliness and hopelessness showed off.

Keywords: Ernest Hemingway; Islands in the Stream; drinking wild daiquiri; aggressive narcissism; tolerance; loneliness

How to cite: Diaconu, I.F. (2024). “Drinking in Cuba,” Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity 12(3): 49-60. doi: 10.22381/RJAC12320245.

Received 27 August 2024 • Received in revised form 08 September 2024
Accepted 11 September 2024 • Available online 30 September 2024