The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788172343965
Publish date: 2012
Publisher: Prakash Books
Pages no: 184
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
American,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Short Stories
Just too many hunting stories to be a well-balanced Hemingway collection. "Snows of Kilimanjaro" is wonderful, just all the other manly war and hunting stories seemed over the top all at once. I mean, that's what Hemingway is known for but it became repetitive.
اولین اثری بود که از همینگوی خواندم. مردی که به همراه همسرش در کوهای آفریقا دچار صانحه ای شده است و امکان نجات برایش میسر نمی شود....
OK, It is official. Ernest Hemingway is just not for me. I read this book because I am doing a three month "Give an author a second chance" challenge, and I couldn't think of anyone who I needed to give a second chance more than Hemingway. I have only read two books by Hemingway in my whole life,...
I think Hemingway was at his best in the short story format rather than in novels and Snows is as close to a Hemingway "best of" collection as you will find. "The Killers" and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" are classics of the format.
My previous experience with Hemingway was A Farewell to Arms, and I think I put it down a few chapters in saying, 'Oh, god, I think The Real World must be on TV somewhere.' But I have to say, he really shines in short story form, and I think "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is just plain masterful.I do...
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