Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century!Ernest Hemingway wasn’t just a novelist. He was a hunter and a fisherman; he became an ambulance officer in Paris, France, during World War I; and he worked as a reporter during the civil war in Spain in the 1930s. All of these experiences had such an important impact on Ernest’s life that he used them as inspiration for some of his most notable works of fiction, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.He wrote short stories, novels, and articles in an understated, direct style, that is still beloved by readers today. Hemingway is remembered as much for his fiction as he is for his adventurous lifestyle.
“A beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920s—as a wife and as one’s own woman.”—Entertainment WeeklyA deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, The Paris Wife captures the lo
Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning am
※《戰地春夢》是海明威確立其文學地位的代表作,為海明威半自傳小說,也是二十世紀在小說藝術上具有經典意義的重要作品。※如同許多熟諳歐美文壇動向的評論家所指出的,它是一部張揚人道主義精神的反戰小說;然而,海明威在書中所表達的理念與情感,其實遠遠不止於人道與反戰,而已逕自揭露了世界大戰的荒謬性,從而嚴肅批判了現代西方文明的本質。※1929年《戰地春夢》(A Farewell to Arms),海明威的第一部獲利成功之作出版:初版八萬本,四個月內銷售一空。若不是由於海明威在《戰地春夢》中所呈示的戰爭場景之可怖與荒謬,其真實感到了令人觸目驚心的地步,則這些直接揭明反權威、反傳統的理念與表述,也未必能引起風起雲湧的共鳴與認同。第一次世界大戰後期,在義大利前線作戰的亨利中尉因傷而轉到米蘭住院治療,住院期間,與女護士凱瑟琳日久生情,戰火的無情與戰爭的荒謬,使得兩人緊密結合在一起。當亨利傷癒重返戰地,義大利軍隊已準備撤退。義大利統治者認為戰敗原因是由於軍官叛逃,於是派出憲兵四處追捕軍官。亨利被擄獲,但伺機跳入河中遁逃,成為一名逃兵。從此,這荒謬的一切已與他無關,他只想去找凱瑟琳,過著屬於兩人的平凡幸福。然而,意料之外的打擊卻在前方等待著他……第一次世界大戰期間,海明威應徵義大利軍的紅十字會救護車司機,腿部被迫擊砲碎片炸成重傷,住院期間結識一位女護士,兩人墜入愛河。這段戀情雖未能長久,海明威卻始終難以忘懷,日後他的著名小說《戰地春夢》,即以該名護士為女主角。海明威在小說序中說:「這本書是一部悲劇,這個事實並沒有使我不愉快,因為我相信,人生就是一部悲劇,也知道人生只能有一個結局。」海明威筆下的「硬漢」,不是為了換取什麼樣的利益或名聲,所以去經歷那些痛苦折磨,去克服那些看來如此嚴酷的挑戰,不,痛苦、折磨、挑戰,本身就是目的。――知名作家楊照*【書中名句】◎沒有一件事情比打仗更糟糕。◎我們思考,我們看書,我們不是農民,我們是機械師,但是連農民也有知識,不信賴戰爭,人人都討厭這一仗。◎你愛一個人,就希望為他做點事情。你渴望犧牲。你渴望服務。◎你要什麼,我也要什麼。不再有我自己了。只有你要的一切。◎但若你一無所有,不怕損失,生命便不難安排了。◎我們生來就擁有一切,我們卻不知情。我們得不到什麼新的東西。我們初生時完整無缺。◎戰爭已隔得老遠。說不定根本沒有戰爭,此地就沒有。這時候我深深體會到我的戰地