Farewell to Arms (selected Translated Masterpieces)
About This Novel
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), one of the most outstanding writers in the United States, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. "A Farewell to Arms" is one of his major works. In the late stages of World War I, American young man Frederick Henry volunteered to drive an ambulance for the Red Cross and rescue the wounded on the northern Italian front. During a mission, Henry was hit by a cannonball and injured. While recovering from his injuries in a Milan hospital, he was cared for by British nurse Catherine, and the two fell in love. After recovering from his injuries, Henry returned to the front line. When he retreated with the Italian troops, he witnessed the cruel scenes of the war. He resolutely left the army, joined Catherine and fled to Switzerland. As a result, Catherine died in childbirth. Based on his own experience in the war, Hemingway sang a sad and moving elegy with war and love as the main lines. It has been adapted to the screen many times and can be called a classic of modern literature.
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Hemingway inherited Mark Twain's realist tradition and pioneered a new approach to American literature.
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Hemingway inherited Mark Twain's realist tradition and pioneered a new approach to American literature.
