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Scribner
February 1997
On Sale: February 19, 1997
160 pages
ISBN: 0684825864
EAN: 9780684825861
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First published in 1927, Men Without Women represents
some of Hemingway's most important and compelling early
writing. In these fourteen stories, Hemingway begins to
examine the themes that would occupy his later works: the
casualties of war, the often uneasy relationship between men
and women, sport and sportsmanship. In "Banal Story,"
Hemingway offers a lasting tribute to the famed matador
Maera. "In Another Country" tells of an Italian major
recovering from war wounds as he mourns the untimely death
of his wife. "The Killers" is the hard-edged story about two
Chicago gunmen and their potential victim. Nick Adams makes
an appearance in "Ten Indians," in which he is presumably
betrayed by his Indian girlfriend, Prudence. And "Hills Like
White Elephants" is a young couple's subtle, heartwrenching
discussion of abortion. Pared down, gritty, and subtly
expressive, these stories show the young Hemingway emerging
as America's finest short story writer.
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