– Første verdenskrig er igang. Amerikaneren Frederick Henry melder seg frivillig som ambulansesjåfør i den italienske fronten mot Østerrike. Underveis blir han introdusert for den vakre, engelske sykepleieren Catherine Barkley. De får raskt et øye med hverandre, men å treffes blir vanskelig under krigens forhold. Henry blir etter litt skadet helt plutselig i en skuddveksling. På sykehuset er han heldig fordi han får bli pleiet av nettopp Catherine Barkley. Det var bare det med at sårene pleies, og Henry må tilbake til fronten igjen før eller senere. Språket er vakkert og skildringene like så, og det er egentlig det denne boken spiller på. Det er ikke spenning man skal være ute etter i denne boken, med flotte og karakteristiske dialoger, språket og kjærligheten. Eneste minus er at den er litt tam i enkelte partier. Anbefales!
Farewell to Arms
«It seems such simple and straightforward language, but it isn't. The first chapter of A Farewell to Arms is only two and a bit pages but there is almost every variety of sentence structure. It is incredibly artful writing, and part of the art is disguising that it is artful»
Guardian
Ernest's Hemingway's powerful autobiographical story of war.
'I don't live at all when I'm not with you'
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway's unforgettable war novel.
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Ernest's Hemingway's powerful autobiographical story of war.
'I don't live at all when I'm not with you'
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway's unforgettable war novel.
Recreating the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteer, and the men and women he meets in Italy, this is a story of war told with simplicity and immediacy. It is also a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion.
'A novel of great power' Times Literary Supplement
'In these troubled times Hemingway's clarity, spirituality and sense of hard reality in the midst of confusion is very helpful' Sunday Telegraph
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Vintage Classics
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780099273974
- Utgivelsesår
- 1999
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«It seems such simple and straightforward language, but it isn't. The first chapter of A Farewell to Arms is only two and a bit pages but there is almost every variety of sentence structure. It is incredibly artful writing, and part of the art is disguising that it is artful»
Guardian
«There is something so complete in Mr. Hemingway's achievement in A Farewell to Arms that one is left speculating as to whether another novel will follow in this manner, and whether it does not complete both a period and a phase...crisply natural and convincing»
Guardian, 1929
«A novel of great power»
Times Literary Supplement
«Essential Hemingway...a gripping account of the life of an American volunteer in the Italian army and a poignant love story»
Daily Express