The Short Stories Gift Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743535251 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Set in the varied landscapes of Spain, Africa, and the American Midwest, this definitive audio collection traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style -- from the plain bald language of his first story to his mastery of seamless prose that contained a spare, eloquent pathos, as well as a sense of expansive solitude. These stories showcase the singular talent of a master, the most important American writer of the twentieth century.The Short Stories Gift Edition features Stacy Keach reading such favorites as: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber; The Snows of Kilimanjaro; The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife; The End of Something; My Old Man; Hills Like White Elephants; The Killers; Ten Indians; Now I Lay Me; A Clean, Well-lighted Place; A Way You'll Never Be; The Gambler; and Fathers and Sons.. ALL THREE VOLUMES OFHEMINGWAY'S SHORT STORIESTOGETHER IN ONE DELUXE EDITIONBefore he gained wide fame as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary reputation with his short stories
JBo said Hemingway Complete Works. What more can be said about Ernest Hemingway? I enjoy his clear writing style and engaging characters. My husband and I were traveling to Key West and wanted to read some Hemingway before we visited the Hemingway museum, but I’m not great at getting through novels quickly so this book was an accessible way for me to read some of h. One of Twenty that should be in Every Home Hemingway is a master of putting you not only in the physical space of the story (what it looks, sounds, smells, tastes like) but also lulling your emotions to the required state. His stories tend to be "slice of life" narratives and with no moral takeaways, simply the experience of being there.The book contains 70 stories ranging from . Nice complete short story collection from Hemingway Billy B Hemingway has a style of writing that transcends generations. This is a nice complete short story collection.I had read somewhere that much of Hemingway's early works were lost by his wife at that time on a train trip to meet him. She not only lost the original copies but the carbons as well. What a travesty. I would love to have read a
Philadelphia InquirerKeach gives just the right voice to the stories of HemingwayAnyone who simply wants a good story, well told and well read, should let Keach take charge and just dive in.
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1899, Ernest Hemingway served in the Red Cross during World War I as an ambulance driver and was severely wounded in Italy. He moved to Paris in 1921, devoted himself to writing fiction, and soon became part of the expatriate community, along with Gertrude Stein, F. . He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, and his classic novella The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Known for hi