Ernest Hemingway

First published in 1923, "Three Stories and Ten Poems" marked the beginning of the fictional writing career of one of the world's most famous writers, Ernest Hemingway. This short collection is marked by the story "Out of Season" in which Hemingway employed autobiographical elements and his "theory of omission" or the "iceberg theory". Also included here in this edition is Hemingway's first novella, "The Torrents of Spring". Appearing a few months...

Both a revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer. A blend of autobiography and fiction, the book opens on the day his close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest...

Ernest Hemingway's first book - "Three Stories and Ten Poems" - announced the arrival of one of the 20th Century's most revered and admired writers. In this brief collection, published in 1923, Hemingway introduces two styles of writing: his unique, famously austere and unadorned prose style as well as his early attempts at verse. The three stories are "Up in Michigan," "Out of Season" and "My Old Man," each of which takes place in locales that...

Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer, widely considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Hemingway's writing style was characterized by its spare and concise prose, and he was known for his ability to convey deep emotions through simple, direct language. Hemingway's most famous works include "The Sun Also Rises," "A Farewell to Arms," and "The Old Man and the Sea." Hemingway's writing often dealt with themes...

Description of Spanish bull-fights.

The story of an ambulance driver wounded on the Italian front in World War I, the beautiful British nurse with whom he falls in love, and their journey to find sanctuary in a world gone mad.

A firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights. In this vivid account, Hemingway captures the exhausting pace and pressure of the season, the camaraderie and pride of the matadors, and the mortal drama as in fight after fight the rival matadors try to outdo each other with ever more daring performances.

Todo en Santiago es viejo, a excepción de sus ojos invictos. El anciano pescador lleva ochenta y cuatro días sin conseguir presa. Pese a esto, un día decide salir solo al mar, donde un pez gigante muerde al fin el anzuelo. Una batalla decisiva se desata entre el viejo y el enorme animal. El viejo y el mar está considerado como una de las obras de ficción más destacadas del s. XX. Fue escrita en Cuba por el Nobel Ernest Hemingway y publicada...

Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time.

Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection- compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler- is a captivating mixture of mystery and suspense....