-Titulo Original : Men Without Women (vintage Classics)
-Fabricante :
Vintage
-Descripcion Original:
The early collection that contains some of Ernest Hemingways most enduringly famous short storiesErnest Hemingway, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, did more to change the style of fiction in English than any other writer of his time with his economical prose and terse, declarative sentences that conceal more than they reveal. Men Without Women, published in 1927, was his second collection of stories, and shows him solidifying his mastery of the form. The collection touches on many of his favorite subjects-bullfighting, prizefighting, infidelity, divorce, and death-and contains classic stories that have come to be pillars of his literary reputation, including “The Killers,” “Hills Like White Elephants,” and “In Another Country.” VINTAGE CLASSICS. About the Author ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961) was born in Illinois and began his career as a reporter before enlisting as an ambulance driver at the Italian front in World War I. Hemingway and his first (of four) wives lived in Paris in the 1920s, as part of the Lost Generation exapatriate community, before moving to Key West, Florida, and later to Cuba. Known first for short stories, his literary reputation was further enhanced by his novels, including A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, and The Old Man and the Sea.
-Fabricante :
Vintage
-Descripcion Original:
The early collection that contains some of Ernest Hemingways most enduringly famous short storiesErnest Hemingway, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, did more to change the style of fiction in English than any other writer of his time with his economical prose and terse, declarative sentences that conceal more than they reveal. Men Without Women, published in 1927, was his second collection of stories, and shows him solidifying his mastery of the form. The collection touches on many of his favorite subjects-bullfighting, prizefighting, infidelity, divorce, and death-and contains classic stories that have come to be pillars of his literary reputation, including “The Killers,” “Hills Like White Elephants,” and “In Another Country.” VINTAGE CLASSICS. About the Author ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961) was born in Illinois and began his career as a reporter before enlisting as an ambulance driver at the Italian front in World War I. Hemingway and his first (of four) wives lived in Paris in the 1920s, as part of the Lost Generation exapatriate community, before moving to Key West, Florida, and later to Cuba. Known first for short stories, his literary reputation was further enhanced by his novels, including A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, and The Old Man and the Sea.
