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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

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THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR

In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories， readers will delight in the author's most beloved classics such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro，" "Hills Like White Elephants，" and "A Clean， Well-Lighted Place，" and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection。 For Hemingway fans The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury。

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Reviews

Theo Opata ，

First 5-7 blew me away but oh my fckin days did the back end drag

Jaeden Palanog ，

I like how the main characters met each other， I love the plot and everything about this book。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on NovelStar， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top

Katherine ，

I didn't find a story for the class I'm teaching that fit just right， but I did enjoy reading "Big Two-Hearted River" for the first time。 Hemingway's portrayal of women blows。 See？ I too can write in short sentences。 I didn't find a story for the class I'm teaching that fit just right， but I did enjoy reading "Big Two-Hearted River" for the first time。 Hemingway's portrayal of women blows。 See？ I too can write in short sentences。 。。。more

Molly Koeneman ，

This is Hemingway's power structure--bare， bone， short stories that you have to read three times to figure out who is speaking。 This is Hemingway's power structure--bare， bone， short stories that you have to read three times to figure out who is speaking。 。。。more

Mark A Swenson ，

If you want a taste of Hemingway it doesn't get better then a selection of his short stories。 If you want a taste of Hemingway it doesn't get better then a selection of his short stories。 。。。more

Timothy Coplin ，

This way and thatThe classics are just that : classic。 The remainder， the everyday， the mundane are just that: common。 I have the feeling Hemingway is revered more for his style and approach to the craft than for the resultant craft itself。

Jason ，

I enjoyed this more than A Farewell to Arms。 The collection of stories has a wide range of settings and characters that should keep readers interested through to the end。 As with AFTA， the voice of the female characters was best described by one reviewer as cloying。 Thankfully， there aren't many prevalent female characters in this book。 Unfortunately， the final story The Strange Country， is a long one （45 pages） telling the story of a couple traveling together。 Helena sounds just like Catharine I enjoyed this more than A Farewell to Arms。 The collection of stories has a wide range of settings and characters that should keep readers interested through to the end。 As with AFTA， the voice of the female characters was best described by one reviewer as cloying。 Thankfully， there aren't many prevalent female characters in this book。 Unfortunately， the final story The Strange Country， is a long one （45 pages） telling the story of a couple traveling together。 Helena sounds just like Catharine Barkley。 So， it didn't finish on the best note for me。 But， overall worth reading if you enjoy Hemingway's style。 。。。more

Chance Ford ，

A good read。 Hemingway is a master and one of the most enjoyable authors to read。 His subjects are not light but his prose gives you a pure sense of the human spirit。

Sara N。 Silletto ，

I only read one of the short stories and that's all I wanted to read I only read one of the short stories and that's all I wanted to read 。。。more

Kestutis Satkauskas ，

Simply brilliant

Maria Do ，

Não li todos os contos， mas apenas os que me foram solicitados por meu professor durante o mestrado。 Achei alguns bem interessantes， outros muito machistas e desconfortáveis para mim， feminista de carteirinha。

Kristoffer Kruse ，

Gode noveller。 Tematikken bliver til tider lidt ensformig。

Jack Sussek ，

One could describe Hemingway two ways: A novelist who was a great short story writer or a short story writer who was a great novelist。

Dan ，

I will always return to some of these stories。 Not all。

Richard ，

I had already read over half of these stories before， but it has been 35-40 years since I've really spent any time with Hemingway。 There is no doubting Hemingway's ability to write a story。 But it's painful， at least for me， to read many of these stories today。 The Nick Adams stories were always my favorites， and they mostly still held up for me。 I had already read over half of these stories before， but it has been 35-40 years since I've really spent any time with Hemingway。 There is no doubting Hemingway's ability to write a story。 But it's painful， at least for me， to read many of these stories today。 The Nick Adams stories were always my favorites， and they mostly still held up for me。 。。。more

Ivva Tadiashvili ，

ჰემინგუეიმ გაასწორა， აუდიო ვერსიებად ვწერდი ამ კრებულში შესულ მოთხრობებს და ჯერ ვკითხულობდი და შემდეგ დამუშავებისას მიწევდა კიდევ ერთხელ მოსმენა。 უფრო კარგად გავეცანი ჰემინგუეის და ნამდვილად კარგი ტრაგედიები აქვს。 თან კარგი თანმიმდევრობით არის მოთხრობები დალაგებული。 ჯერ საფრანგეთი， მერე იტალია， მერე აფრიკა， შვეიცარია და ბოლოს ამერიკა。 ვიმოგზაურე ჰემინგუეისთან ერთად და ძაან სასიამოვნო იყო ეს ყველაფერი。აუდიო წიგნები თუ დაგაინტერესებთ ლინკი ქვევით。 გამოიწერეთ არხი და დაალაიქეთ და ა。შ。ლავკრაფტის მოთ ჰემინგუეიმ გაასწორა， აუდიო ვერსიებად ვწერდი ამ კრებულში შესულ მოთხრობებს და ჯერ ვკითხულობდი და შემდეგ დამუშავებისას მიწევდა კიდევ ერთხელ მოსმენა。 უფრო კარგად გავეცანი ჰემინგუეის და ნამდვილად კარგი ტრაგედიები აქვს。 თან კარგი თანმიმდევრობით არის მოთხრობები დალაგებული。 ჯერ საფრანგეთი， მერე იტალია， მერე აფრიკა， შვეიცარია და ბოლოს ამერიკა。 ვიმოგზაურე ჰემინგუეისთან ერთად და ძაან სასიამოვნო იყო ეს ყველაფერი。აუდიო წიგნები თუ დაგაინტერესებთ ლინკი ქვევით。 გამოიწერეთ არხი და დაალაიქეთ და ა。შ。ლავკრაფტის მოთხრობების წაკითხვას ვაპირებ შემდეგსhttps://www。youtube。com/watch？v=nt4bE。。。 。。。more

Jake ，

Master writer。

Richard ，

To understand Hemingway， read this collection For the vast majority of readers， their exposure to Ernest Hemingway’s short stories is limited to a couple of oft anthologized selections， The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Short， Happy Life of Francis Macomber。 Well， those are here but so are approximately 70 others。 Get ready for steady doses of hunting and fishing， bullfighting and whiskey。 A heavy helping feature Nick Adams， most often in Michigan。 War is a recurring topic。 France， Spain， Italy， To understand Hemingway， read this collection For the vast majority of readers， their exposure to Ernest Hemingway’s short stories is limited to a couple of oft anthologized selections， The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Short， Happy Life of Francis Macomber。 Well， those are here but so are approximately 70 others。 Get ready for steady doses of hunting and fishing， bullfighting and whiskey。 A heavy helping feature Nick Adams， most often in Michigan。 War is a recurring topic。 France， Spain， Italy， Cuba and Africa appear often。 In the end two stories new to me made the most lasting impressions。 The Last Good Country features a teenage Nick Adams on the run after shooting a buck out of season。 Nick’s loyal younger sister decides to run with him and announces that she plans to become his common law wife。 I couldn’t help thinking that the character of Nick is drawn from Ernest’s self and offer an insight into the author’s persona。 The Strange Country is the last story in the book and is an unfinished autobiographical tale of 36 year old Roger run off with a younger woman who he appears to have married even though he keeps calling her daughter。 No， not all of the stories are topnotch， but most of them are certainly worth reading and together provide a rich understanding of a larger than life author。 。。。more

Claire ，

Finished at like 11:30 last night。 My goal of completing this before the end of the year was met！Honestly， Hemingway's stories can be hit or miss by their nature--they're all short， even the long ones， and the heavy dialogue， sexual tension， and violent undertones carry through each and every， even when that's not what they're about。 I am very happy to have taken this journey with Hemingway's complete short stories （as I have with Nabokov and others near and dear to my heart）， and I have certain Finished at like 11:30 last night。 My goal of completing this before the end of the year was met！Honestly， Hemingway's stories can be hit or miss by their nature--they're all short， even the long ones， and the heavy dialogue， sexual tension， and violent undertones carry through each and every， even when that's not what they're about。 I am very happy to have taken this journey with Hemingway's complete short stories （as I have with Nabokov and others near and dear to my heart）， and I have certainly been influenced to continue strongly with my own short stories in this brave new world of 2021。 A lot of comfort reading in here， perhaps ironically。 But he's such a classic， damn it。 ！！ 。。。more

Thaine Chase ，

It doesn't get any better than this for short stories。 It doesn't get any better than this for short stories。 。。。more

Mullenjf ，

Good book。 So many good stories that takes the reader all over the world。 Some of the stories just end but for the most part the stories are complete and really good。

Julia B。 ，

Ernest Hemingway's short stories are very hit or miss （mostly miss）。 While I totally agree that the short story is probably his best format and that the simplicity of his writing style can be very effective， his choices of subjects are abysmally repetitive: bullfighting， big game hunting， fishing， women， war， rinse， repeat。 For being the great American author， almost none of Hemingway's stories actually take place in the US， which I thought was interesting， although this can unfortunately lead t Ernest Hemingway's short stories are very hit or miss （mostly miss）。 While I totally agree that the short story is probably his best format and that the simplicity of his writing style can be very effective， his choices of subjects are abysmally repetitive: bullfighting， big game hunting， fishing， women， war， rinse， repeat。 For being the great American author， almost none of Hemingway's stories actually take place in the US， which I thought was interesting， although this can unfortunately lead to a lot of racist caricatures， particularly of Latin Americans。 So :/ Here's what I will say I learned: Ernest Hemingway's actual life and psychology is very interesting。 I read through a PhD thesis on his relationships with his family and it was fascinating。 I don't think Hemingway is simply this big masculine macho military man。 There is clearly something of greater depth underneath。 I just wish that his stories weren't so easily read in this one-dimensional boring way。 This is one of those rare cases where the academia surrounding Hemingway is like 100，000x more interesting than his actual work。 。。。more

NightLights ，

I took it slowly， reading a few stories in between a novel， to keep this feast forever going。 Today I've read the last story of this brilliant collection of a book。 And I just realized it has been exactly a year since I opened this gem。 And along the way， I've finished 34 books this year， not that numbers matter， but for a novice reader like myself this is impressive。 I took it slowly， reading a few stories in between a novel， to keep this feast forever going。 Today I've read the last story of this brilliant collection of a book。 And I just realized it has been exactly a year since I opened this gem。 And along the way， I've finished 34 books this year， not that numbers matter， but for a novice reader like myself this is impressive。 。。。more

Jesse Field ，

These short stories are indubitably works of art， each one packed with strange narrative and descriptive power， but they are so strongly flavored that I find this volume ultimately even more difficult than the Collected Stories by William Faulkner that I read over the same few months。As with Faulkner， American men of the WWI generation remember their experiences and traumas， in many of the stories。 “In Another Country” has an American soldier achieving meaningful friendship with an Italian offic These short stories are indubitably works of art， each one packed with strange narrative and descriptive power， but they are so strongly flavored that I find this volume ultimately even more difficult than the Collected Stories by William Faulkner that I read over the same few months。As with Faulkner， American men of the WWI generation remember their experiences and traumas， in many of the stories。 “In Another Country” has an American soldier achieving meaningful friendship with an Italian officer who has experienced great loss。 “A Natural History of the Dead，” recounts in the rather sardonic voice of a naturalist， a catalog of war dead — compare with Faulkner’s “The Crevasse。” Hemingway’s soldier’s are more often traumatized loners， even if surrounded by well-wishers， as in “A Way You’ll Never Be，” "Soldier’s Home” and the oh-so-Hemingway-ish “The Old Man at the Bridge。"In this last， tiny little portrait， we get the Hemingway story that is like a still-life， painting the feelings and values of groups and individuals as they travel along the road of life。 A large number of the shorter pieces can be placed in this category。 “A Canary for One” is a devastating example of how modern urban life cages us。 “Big Two-Hearted River” and other moments of witnessing Nick Adams’ journey through life are grand humanist gestures， with dark undercurrents of ennui and trauma。 “Indian Camp，” another one of these， shows Hemingway’s skill with honest accounts of American society; other stories， like “An Alpine Idyll” serve as expat landscapes of Europe and its lingering class-based society: peasant， clergy; bullfighter， traveling writer and drunkard。 More than Faulkner， Hemingway’s art relies on suggestiveness， giving us tight description and snapped-off snatches of dialogue that come together like a mosaic to produce a cohesive narrative effect。 The need to read actively to grasp the total effect takes effort， making the volume fee much bulkier than it is。 “A Clean， Well-Lighted Place” is a particularly puzzling example — is it as simple as it seems？ No， and yes， and no…”Sea Change” is perhaps the ultimate reduction of information to the suggestive。 “God Rest You Merry， Gentlemen，” as with so much of Hemingway， suggests much of social and even spiritual as it ventures into male sexuality， with painful results。 （I have wanted to forget this one since I first read it as a teenager。 But I won't spoil it for any who haven't looked yet。） As with Faulkner， it is only occasionally that the story emphasizes dramatic energy in terms of plot， and these more dramatic stories do rank more often as our favorites， after all is said and done。“The Killers” is justly anthologized the most， with its earnest excitement， and dramatic energy preserved even as the story turns ambiguous。 “The Gambler， The Nun and the Radio” is like something by Denis Johnson — no doubt a careful reader of these stories himself。 “The Battler” takes on a child’s perspective， as Faulkner did with “That Will Be Fine，” but with more sentimental results， reminiscent of Victor Hugo。 “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” grasps the flapper-era plot in firmer hands than perhaps any of the other stories — one is reminded of Fitzgerald here， handsome dandies marrying rich women they don’t love — but “The Short Happy Life of Francis McCumber” perhaps handles this theme best for me。 I love the dispassionate， hedonist British guide introduced， Orwell-like， into the ex-pat drama。 So， Faulkner or Hemingway？ It’s a silly question， of course。 We might answer: Joyce！ Or de Maupassant！ In both writers， the serious concern with prose representation in a firmly American， masculine voice results in some of the most memorable examples of the short story in our language。 The main concerns， about whether human nature is good， or bad， or changing， and whether living in cities， as we do more and more， will not sap something from us， remain as relevant as ever。 I hardly touch here on the troubling masculinity that is so obviously the hot core of Hemingway's art。 To properly understand it， we should probably consider how a diversity of readers， especially queer and female， have treated the disturbing ideas and images sprinkled through Hemingway's angry universe。 。。。more

Dan ，

The Germans we saw coming now were on bicycles。 There were four of them and they were in a hurry too but they were very tired。 They were not cyclist troops。 They were just Germans on stolen bicycles。 The leading rider saw the fresh blood on the road and then he turned his head and saw the vehicle and he put his weight hard down on his right pedal with his right boot and we opened on him and on the others。 A man shot off a bicycle is always a sad thing to see， although not as sad as a horse shot The Germans we saw coming now were on bicycles。 There were four of them and they were in a hurry too but they were very tired。 They were not cyclist troops。 They were just Germans on stolen bicycles。 The leading rider saw the fresh blood on the road and then he turned his head and saw the vehicle and he put his weight hard down on his right pedal with his right boot and we opened on him and on the others。 A man shot off a bicycle is always a sad thing to see， although not as sad as a horse shot with a man riding him nor a milk cow gut-shot when she walks into a fire fightOf course it’s Hemingway so there are lots of great stories in this comprehensive collection and I certainly gained a greater appreciation of his writing style。 Some of the best stories were published posthumously and his early stories still feel pretty fresh even after 80 years since their first publication。 Here are the stories from this collection that I enjoyed most。1。 The Snows of KilimanjaroPerhaps Hemingway’s most famous short story and for good reason。 This story feels both personal and visceral as we witness a man dealing with the advanced stages of gangrene - all in the shadow of Africa’s highest peak。 2。 On the Quai at SmyrnaThis terror filled sketch doubles as a history lesson。 It takes place over a few hours on the Quai as Greek citizens are being evacuated in 1922 from Smyrna after they were abandoned by the Allies and defeated in their war with Turkey。 3。 Indian CampA well known Nick Adams story。 When Nick is young an Indian man approaches his father for help。 They all travel by canoe to find out what has happened at the Indian village。 Nick’s father is not happy with what he finds at the camp。 A coming of age story。 4。 Big Two-Hearted River Part I and IIHemingway’s most beautiful story although really more of a sketch。 A man is fly fishing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and is trying to escape his PTSD。 It is almost as if this story was written by a naturalist。 Hemingway takes great care in his writing to describe both the landscape and fly fishing in minute detail。 5。 The KillersPossibly the most dramatic short story in the collection and one of Hemingway’s most imaginative。 This was required reading in my high school lit class and I was on the edge of my seat from the time the killers first walked into the diner。 6。 The DenunciationTakes place during Spain’s Civil War which Hemingway saw first hand。 In this story the protagonist meets a friend at a Republican bar。 While chatting the protagonist notices that there is an also an old schoolmate who is there in disguise and the man is one of Franco's fascists。 So the protagonist is faced with a dilemma of whether to report his old classmate to the authorities。 If he does the man will most likely be shot 。7。 Under the RidgeAlso set in the Spanish Civil War， this story involves a Spanish soldier who doesn’t like any foreigners including the American who is fighting along side him against the Fascists。 8。 Black Ass at the CrossroadsAn American platoon sets up an ambush against Germans at a road crossing。 Graphic story that takes place near the end of WWII。4 stars 。。。more

Seth Schmidt ，

God。。。 I loved every single story， Hemingway is the best。

Enabella Duhram ，

Fantastico！

Eric Stevens ，

Aurimas Zemgulis got me here， loved it very much！

Meekel ，

Just like life: a book of short stories and sketchers this too was a great written book。

Fiona Stocker ，

I'm writing short stories at the moment and looking for inspiration， either structure or great writing。 It's such a bore， a yawn， and a disappointment when you finally read one of the greats and realise they're not for you。 This feels dated， outmoded， irrelevant， with dialogue that bores on。 And of course there is the lack of women。 Taking my readerly efforts and time elsewhere， goodbye Hemmers。 I'm writing short stories at the moment and looking for inspiration， either structure or great writing。 It's such a bore， a yawn， and a disappointment when you finally read one of the greats and realise they're not for you。 This feels dated， outmoded， irrelevant， with dialogue that bores on。 And of course there is the lack of women。 Taking my readerly efforts and time elsewhere， goodbye Hemmers。 。。。more

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