Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.

Why not probabilistic interpretation?

Posted on November 7, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

A new article in the Columbia Law Review titled “Reasons for Interpretation” by Francisco J. Urbina (see here) brought to my mind my 2016 paper “Probabilistic Interpretation“. For his part, Professor Urbina presents a “systematic analysis of the different kinds … Continue reading →

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Hemingway in Istanbul: a postscript

Posted on November 6, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is the last installment (for now) of my series of blog posts on “Hemingway in Istanbul” Over a decade after his visit to Constantinople in 1922, Hemingway wrote a piece of fiction titled “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (Hemingway … Continue reading →

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Buyak Londra

Posted on November 5, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

We clattered up a steep street, past shop windows, banks, restaurants, saloons with their signs printed in four languages, scraped by jangling tramcars, were honked at by motorcars filled with British officers, were nearly run down by motors filled with … Continue reading →

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The Old Galata Bridge

Posted on November 4, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

“We drove in a mass of traffic onto a long bridge. White pants [Hemingway’s hired guide] gave the Turkish gendarme a dirty, crumpled note, and we crossed a tangle of shipping on both sides. You can only see patches of the … Continue reading →

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Sunday song: Guantanamera

Posted on November 3, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

I will resume my series on “Hemingway in Istanbul” on Monday; in the meantime, below is the Cuban folk song Guantanamera, one of my father’s favorite songs. This version features 75 musicians on the Island and in exile. May our … Continue reading →

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In memory of my father, Don Francisco

Posted on November 2, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

(Today, 2 Nov., is Día de los Muertos.)

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November 1st: All Saints’ Day

Posted on November 1, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

I will resume my series on “Hemingway in Istanbul” in the next day or two; in the meantime, check out this short but informative video by Jared Dees a/k/a “The Religion Teacher” explaining the meaning of All Saints’ Day:

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Müşir Ahmet Paşa Station (Sirkeci garı)

Posted on October 31, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

“In the station are a jam of porters, hotel runners, and Anglo-Levantine gentlemen in slightly soiled collars, badly soiled white trousers, garlicized breaths and hopeful manners who hope to be hired as interpreters…. I called a porter, gave him my … Continue reading →

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Hemingway in Istanbul, part 1

Posted on October 30, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

The train passes the old, reddish Byzantine wall and goes into a culvert again. It comes out and you get flashes of squatting, mushroom-like mosques always with their dirty-white minarets rising from the corners. Everything white in Constantinople is dirty … Continue reading →

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