For Whom the Bell Tolls

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ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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Among the legendary figures of modern litera-ture Hemingway is probably the most popular. " His toughness and straightforward style appeal to a wider audience than is gained by most serious writers. After he published his first book in the early twenties American flction quickly came under his influence. His writing is re-nowned for its direct staccato effect, his dialogue is as carefully compressed as a transatlantic cable, and his 'mastery of the art of modern narration' won him the Nobel Prize for Litera-ture in 1954.
Men Without Women
r A Farewell to Arms
To Have and Have Not
For Whom the Bell ToNs
These four were chosen to come out together in Penguins. Each of them has all those qualities which are immediately suggested by his name: his understanding of the fighting instinct in man, the heroic pathos, the compassion, the románcé, and his power to convey the stark brutality of war and the callous side of humán existence. In the words of the President... Tovább

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ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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Among the legendary figures of modern litera-ture Hemingway is probably the most popular. " His toughness and straightforward style appeal to a wider audience than is gained by most serious writers. After he published his first book in the early twenties American flction quickly came under his influence. His writing is re-nowned for its direct staccato effect, his dialogue is as carefully compressed as a transatlantic cable, and his 'mastery of the art of modern narration' won him the Nobel Prize for Litera-ture in 1954.
Men Without Women
r A Farewell to Arms
To Have and Have Not
For Whom the Bell ToNs
These four were chosen to come out together in Penguins. Each of them has all those qualities which are immediately suggested by his name: his understanding of the fighting instinct in man, the heroic pathos, the compassion, the románcé, and his power to convey the stark brutality of war and the callous side of humán existence. In the words of the President of the Swedish Acad-emy: 'Hemingway is one of the great authors of our time, one of those who, honestly and un-dauntedly, reproduces the genuine features of the hard countenance of the age/ Perhaps Hem-ingway's vitality was best accounted for by him-self in his message to the ceremony at which his award was made, when he said: 'For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something which is beyond attainment. He should always try for something which has never been done, or that others have failed. Then sometimes, with good luék, he will succeed.' Vissza