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Hemingway on War

Ernest Hemingway witnessed many of the seminal conflicts of the twentieth century, as a Red Cross ambulance driver during the First World War and during his twenty-five years as a war correspondent. This edition offers an unparalleled portrayal of the physical and psychological impact of war and its aftermath. It contains extracts from A Farewell to Armsand For Whom the Bell Tolls, some of Hemingway's very best short stories, his only full-length play, The Fifth Columnas well as selections from his wartime journalism. Hemingway on Warrepresents the author's penetrating chronicles of perseverance and defeat, courage and fear, and love and loss in the midst of modern warfare.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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