Table Of ContentCONTENTS THE SHORT HAPPY LIFE OF FRANCIS MACOMBER THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE UP IN MICHIGAN ON THE QUAI AT SMYRNA INDIAN CAMP THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR'S WIFE THE END OF SOMETHING THE THREE-DAY BLOW THE BATTLER A VERY SHORT STORY SOLDIER'S HOME THE REVOLUTIONIST MR. AND MRS. ELLIOT CAT IN THE RAIN OUT OF SEASON CROSS-COUNTRY SNOW MY OLD MAN BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER: PART I BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER: PART II THE UNDEFEATED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS THE KILLERS CHE TI DICE LA PATRIA? FIFTY GRAND A SIMPLE ENQUIRY TEN INDIANS A CANARY FOR ONE AN ALPINE IDYLL A PURSUIT RACE TODAY IS FRIDAY BANAL STORY NOW I LAY ME AFTER THE STORM A CLEAN, WELL-LIGHTED PLACE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN THE SEA CHANGE A WAY YOU'LL NEVER BE THE MOTHER OF A QUEEN ONE READER WRITES HOMAGE TO SWITZERLAND A DAY'S WAIT A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DEAD WINE OF WYOMING THE GAMBLER, THE NUN, AND THE RADIO FATHERS AND SONS
SynopsisAt the age of twenty-two, Ernest Hemingway wrote his first short story, "Up in Michigan." Seventeen years and forty-eight titles later, he was the undisputed master of the short-story form and the leading American man of letters. The Short Stories, introduced here with a revealing preface by the author, chronicles Hemingway's development as a writer, from his earliest attempts in the chapbook Three Stories and Ten Poems, published in Paris in 1923, to his more mature accomplishments in Winner Take Nothing. Originally published in 1938 along with The Fifth Column, this collection premiered "The Capital of the World" and "Old Man at the Bridge," which derive from Hemingway's experiences in Spain, as well as "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," which figure among the finest of Hemingway's short fictions., The definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938. Ernest Hemingway is a cultural icon--an archetype of rugged masculinity, a romantic ideal of the intellectual in perpetual exile--but, to his countless readers, Hemingway remains a literary force much greater than his image. Of all of Hemingway's canonical fictions, perhaps none demonstrate so forcefully the power of the author's revolutionary style as his short stories. In classics like "Hills like White Elephants," "The Butterfly in the Tank," and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," Hemingway shows us great literature compressed to its most potent essentials. We also see, in Hemingway's short fiction, the tales that created the legend: these are stories of men and women in love and in war and on the hunt, stories of a lost generation born into a fractured time. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway presents many of Hemingway's most famous classics alongside rare and unpublished material: Hemingway's early drafts and correspondence, his dazzling out-of-print essay on the art of the short story, and two marvelous examples of his earliest work--his first published story, "The Judgment of Manitou," which Hemingway wrote when still a high school student, and a never-before-published story, written when the author was recovering from a war injury in Milan after WWI. This work offers vital insight into the artistic development of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. It is a perfect introduction for a new generation of Hemingway readers, and it belongs in the collection of any true Hemingway fan., At the age of twenty-two, Ernest Hemingway wrote his first short story, "Up in Michigan." Seventeen years and forty-eight titles later, he was the undisputed master of the short-story form and the leading American man of letters.The Short Stories,introduced here with a revealing preface by the author, chronicles Hemingway's development as a writer, from his earliest attempts in the chapbookThree Stories and Ten Poems,published in Paris in 1923, to his more mature accomplishments inWinner Take Nothing.Originally published in 1938 along withThe Fifth Column,this collection premiered "The Capital of the World" and "Old Man at the Bridge," which derive from Hemingway's experiences in Spain, as well as "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," which figure among the finest of Hemingway's short fictions.