Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway (1995, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherScribner
ISBN-100684804441
ISBN-139780684804446
eBay Product ID (ePID)16196

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Book TitleSnows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Short Stories (Single Author), General, Literary
Publication Year1995
GenreFiction
AuthorErnest Hemingway
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight5.1 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-004764
Dewey Edition19
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.52
Table Of ContentContents The Snows of Kilimanjaro A Clean, Well-Lighted Place A Day's Wait The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio Fathers and Sons In Another Country The Killers A Way You'll Never Be Fifty Grand The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
SynopsisThe ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing , Men Without Women , and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories , this collection includes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical "Fathers and Sons," which alludes, for the first time in Hemingway's career, to his father's suicide; "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," a "brilliant fusion of personal observation, hearsay and invention," wrote Hemingway's biographer, Carlos Baker; and the title story itself, of which Hemingway said: "I put all the true stuff in," with enough material, he boasted, to fill four novels. Beautiful in their simplicity, startling in their originality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories in this volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at the top of his form., The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women, and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, this collection includes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical "Fathers and Sons," which alludes, for the first time in Hemingway's career, to his father's suicide; "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," a "brilliant fusion of personal observation, heresay, and invention," wrote Hemingway's biographer, Carlos Baker; and the title story itself, of which Hemingway said: "I put all the true stuff in," with enough material, he boasted, to fill four novels. Beautiful in their simplicity, startling in their originality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories in this volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at the top of his form., The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Storiescontains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected fromWinner TakeNothing, Men Without Women,andThe Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories,this collection includes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical "Fathers and Sons," which alludes, for the first time in Hemingway's career, to his father's suicide; "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," a "brilliant fusion of personal observation, heresay, and invention," wrote Hemingway's biographer, Carlos Baker; and the title story itself, of which Hemingway said: "I put all the true stuff in," with enough material, he boasted, to fill four novels. Beautiful in their simplicity, startling in their originality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories in this volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at the top of his form.
LC Classification NumberPS3515.E37S5 1995

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    Condition is okay. It is smaller than expected with smaller fonts than expected. But it's Hemingway and of course it will be compelling when I get to reading it. And yes, I recommend his material to anyone bright enough to comprehend his style of writing.

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