Short Stories: Volume 1

Name: Short Stories: Volume 1
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SKU: 9788528619201
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Autor: Ernest Hemingway

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Sinopse

Once again, Hemingway manages to perfectly portray human conflicts and frustrations. Known primarily for his novels, such as *The Old Man and the Sea *, and nonfiction books, such as *A Feast for Paris * and *The Dangerous Summer *, Ernest Hemingway also proves himself a master of shorter texts. *Short Stories: Volume 1* is proof of this. In this first volume, the author clearly brings his life to the character Nick Adams. It is through this protagonist that the reader immerses himself, page by page, delving ever deeper into the personal stories of this acclaimed author, written with the brilliance that made him famous.

Comprising 28 short stories, this autobiographical work weaves powerful and dense narratives, brimming with adventure, violence, brutality, realism, and nostalgia. Thrilling passages, born from the imagination of a man who lived what he wrote, writing what he lived, weave the narrative. Like Hemingway, Nick Adams spent his vacations hunting and fishing in Michigan. The opportunity to live with indigenous people and explore nature contributed to the extraordinary nostalgic precision of his writing.

But our protagonist, like Ernest Hemingway, would see much of the world and much of life far from the lakes and forests of the northern United States. After World War I, Hemingway became a foreign correspondent, writing about the turmoil then unfolding in the Balkans and the Middle East. This period is represented here by a short and terrifying short story, "On the Quays of Izmir." In 1921, he settled in Paris, where he developed what would become his greatest characteristic: a harsh and aggressive style, sometimes as brutal as the characters he portrays.

Hemingway, considered one of the most influential writers of his time, is represented in this volume by Nick Adams' most intimate stories. Among them are moments spent in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as his most poignant memories of his years in exile. Beyond its literary value, Short Stories: Volume 1 has the flavor of a document about a life and a time intertwined with adventures, doubts, and hopes. Ernest Hemingway is one of the pillars of contemporary world literature and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

ISBN	978-852-861-920-1
Tradutor	José J. Veiga
Altura	230 mm
Largura	155 mm
Profundidade	13 mm
Lançamento	26/02/2015
Páginas	224

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Sobre o autor

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway é um dos pilares da literatura contemporânea mundial. Nascido em 1899, começou a escrever aos 18 anos para um jornal. Quando os Estados Unidos entraram na Primeira Guerra Mundial, alistou-se como voluntário, tornando-se motorista de ambulância para o Exército da Itália. Após ser ferido, recebeu uma condecoração do governo italiano. Ao voltar para os Estados Unidos, trabalhou como repórter para jornais americanos e canadenses, e então voltou para a Europa, cobrindo eventos como a Revolução Grega.

Durante os anos 1920, tornou-se membro do grupo de expatriados americanos em Paris, o qual ele descreveu neste seu romance de estreia, publicado em 1926.

Ernest Hemingway foi agraciado como o Nobel de Literatura em 1954 e faleceu em 1961.

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