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Hemingway's early stories told in his distinctive style.

"It came with a rush; not as a rush of water nor of wind; but of a sudden evil-smelling emptiness. . ."

A flamboyant, hard-drinking, ruthless, and womanizing world adventurer comes face-to-face with the one antagonist he cannot conquer: his own ignoble and imminent... Read Full Overview

A Scribner Classics Edition

Men and women of passion and action live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. From haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro to brutal sensationalism in the bullring; from rural America with its deceptive calm to the heart of war-ravaged Europe,... Read Full Overview

Hemingway's stories are famous for being so powerful, tough and convincing that it is difficult to not get stunned by their dramatic intensity. From the Nobel Laureate's splendid oeuvre, here are eighteen selected stories that loudly vindicate all the acclaim heaped upon him... Read Full Overview

The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf... Read Full Overview