Somehow there is a world of difference in when one moves from Henry James to Hemingway. It is as if James violates every maxim of how to write simply and clear

Somehow there is a world of difference in when one moves from Henry James to Hemingway. It is as if James violates every maxim of how to write simply and clearly and succinctly, but ultimately his writing has aura of ambiguity which enriches it rather than diminishes it. He will go paragraphs and pages even, one has to mentally unwind a lot of it, like an intricate puzzle, to grasp the tiniest specks, bits of knowledge about the story, about the plot. And the thing is he doesn't do much description, all the details are abstracted but the seeming convoluted manner, and subtle hints deducted from indirection, it does create a captivating experience.