Dec 24, 2009

The Stories of Hemingway | The Stories of Hemingway

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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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The Stories of Hemingway | The Stories of Hemingway

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