The Stories of Hemingway (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- First Published: 1923
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Suffering, Love or romance, Alienation, War, Death or dying, World War I, Wounds or injuries, Bulls, Bullfighting or bullfighters, Greco-Turkish wars
Critical Evaluation:
Ernest Hemingway, who ranks with William Faulkner as one of the indisputable giants of twentieth century American fiction, wrote more than fifty short stories. Together they constitute probably the greatest, certainly the most widely known and influential, work in the genre during that period, and a dozen or so, including “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” “In Another Country,” “A Way You’ll Never Be,” “The Killers,” “A Clean Well-Lighted Place,” and “Big Two-Hearted River,” are unsurpassed...
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