Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. While stationed in northern Italy, he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. Theirs is an intense, tender and passionate love affair overshadowed by the war. Ernest Hemingway spares nothing in his denunciation of the horrors of combat, yet vividly depicts the courage shown by so many.
In writing A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway was inspired by his own wartime experience as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. First published in 1929, the novel made his name and remains one of his finest works.
This stunning edition features an afterword by Ned Halley.
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Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781909621411
Number of pages: 360
Weight: 204 g
Dimensions: 156 x 101 x 23 mm
I have read many Hemingway novels, nearly all of them. And I feel that this book (A farewell to Arms) is his greatest work, Hemingway describes every moment, every scene as though you were there with him enjoying the... More
‘A Farewell to Arms’ was a book I approached with a little trepidation. I read a collection of Hemingway’s short stories a few years ago and hadn’t thought much of it, and with the author’s reputation of being a... More
This is a novel that creeps up on you with every turn of the page as Hemingway builds the tension and anticipation of war and the confusion and desperation to cling to the slightest sense of humanity that comes with... More
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