"Selected Short Stories of Hemingway" collects many of Hemingway's most representative short stories, including "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Mountains Like White Elephants", "Indian Camp", "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", "Cat in the Rain", "The Boxer", "The Doctor and his Couple", etc. Among all Hemingway's works, it was not his novels that made him famous the earliest, but these extraordinary short stories. These short stories are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions, short dialogues, limited revelations, a combination of fiction and reality, and endless meanings. They convey infinite connotations in a limited space and perfectly present Hemingway at his peak: precision, restraint, mystery, and sadness.
Reader comments
The characters in this book have distinct personalities and rich experiences. I like the Americans and girls in it very much. They are drinking beer and chatting in the hot weather. It feels very real. Hemingway's description is very precise, making me feel as if I could feel the sultry afternoon and the mountains that looked like white elephants. This is the charm of short stories, which can leave people with infinite reveries in a limited space. Recommend!
The characters in this book have distinct personalities and rich experiences. I like the Americans and girls in it very much. They are drinking beer and chatting in the hot weather. It feels very real. Hemingway's description is very precise, making me feel as if I could feel the sultry afternoon and the mountains that looked like white elephants. This is the charm of short stories, which can leave people with infinite reveries in a limited space. Recommend!