The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

By Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway, Jr. Scribner, Charles

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Average Rating: (See all reviews) Format: Paperback, 672 pages Published In: United States, August 1998 Quantity Available: 213 Ships within 6-10 days The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway will stand as the definitive collection by the man whose craft and vision remains an enduring influence on generations of readers and writers. From The Publisher: 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. Publisher: Scribner Book Company ISBN: 0684843323 EAN: 9780684843322 Dimensions: 20.98 x 14.05 x 3.84 centimeters (0.60 kg)

Ernest Hemmingway has an indisputable ability to encapsulate the tone and essence of people or his character's in a sentence...which is why I adore this edition. Every few pages are an insight into his life and times, not so different from ours now it seems. This book is a treasure which I have read, and re-read often for pure delight and appreciation of his genius.

It's no mystery Hemingway wrote a ton of material, and while some people say his stories are all kind of the same, I disagree. I haven't read all of his work, but stories like "The Killers" and "Hills Like White Elephants" reach into completely different aspects of human nature. "The Killers" is shocking and alarming when you consider the utter indifference the hitmen in story have towards life - especially at how accurate this portrays the behavior of a sociopathic killer. "Hills like white Elephants," one of his most commonly discussed short stories, shows the natural depravity of our nature, and shows a common kind of inability to handle the consequences of our actions.

Anyway, the point is, even though Hemingway had a distinct style that can seem homogonized at times, he really grew as a writer, and this collection of short stories really demonstrates this.