The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Scribner Classics)
by Ernest Hemingway
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Author: Ernest HemingwayEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-07-06
ISBN: 0684862212
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Scribner
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Book Review: A good introduction to Hemingway...
Summary: 4 Stars
This collection showcases some of Hemingway's best short stories, and serves as a fine introduction to his work. Between the opening "Snows of Kilimanjaro" and the closing "Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," the ten narratives offer a range of tales ranging from hunting, to drinking, to war, to hunting again. But despite the somewhat predictable nature of Hemingway's works, their economic and sometimes cryptic nature serves to disguise the poignant heartbreak of his characters. It might occasionally read as a broken set of separated stories rather than one cohesive whole (ala The Nick Adams Stories, another of his collections that focused more on creating a set of stories revolving around a central character), but Hemingway has never felt compelled to give a complete recollection of events. While the book fails in providing readers with the clear-cut resolution that they often desire, it also draws great success from telling just enough to evoke a sense of understanding. In the end, Hemingway is never about totality, and readers should have no expectations of such from "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." But what it lacks in the cohesion of it's narratives, it makes up for in consistency of quality. While this volume makes no pretension in being an in-depth study of the human psyche, it is at its fundamental level, a grouping of ten really good stories.
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