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Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-100684825538
ISBN-139780684825533
eBay Product ID (ePID)14348
Product Key Features
Book TitleAcross the River and Into the Trees
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, War & Military, General, Literary
Publication Year1996
GenreFiction
AuthorErnest Hemingway
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal813/.52
SynopsisHEMINGWAY'S POIGNANT TALE OF A LOVE FOUND TOO LATE Set in Venice at the close of World War II, Across the River and into the Trees is the bittersweet story of a middle-aged American colonel, scarred by war and in failing health, who finds love with a young Italian countess at the very moment when his life is becoming a physical hardship to him. It is a love so overpowering and spontaneous that it revitalizes the man's spirit and encourages him to dream of a future, even though he knows that there can be no hope for long. Spanning a matter of hours, Across the River and into the Trees is tender and moving, yet tragic in the inexorable shadow of what must come., Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber! A poignant tale of a revitalizing love that is found too late--the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured American colonel inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead. In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for Across the River and into the Trees, the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. A bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the world-weary beauty and majesty of Venice, Across the River and into the Trees stands as Hemingway's statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War., HEMINGWAY'S POIGNANT TALE OF A LOVE FOUND TOO LATE Set in Venice at the close of World War II,Across the River and into the Treesis the bittersweet story of a middle-aged American colonel, scarred by war and in failing health, who finds love with a young Italian countess at the very moment when his life is becoming a physical hardship to him. It is a love so overpowering and spontaneous that it revitalizes the man's spirit and encourages him to dream of a future, even though he knows that there can be no hope for long. Spanning a matter of hours,Across the River and into the Treesis tender and moving, yet tragic in the inexorable shadow of what must come.