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Vor der kubanischen Küste fährt der Fischer Santiago allein in seinem kleinen Ruderboot aufs Meer hinaus. 84 Tage hat er nichts gefangen...

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, The Sun Also Rises introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. In his first great literary masterpiece, Hemingway portrays an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions.

The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal, a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss.

In 1937, Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight", For Whom the Bell Tolls.

The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse.

Dieser wohl berühmteste Roman Hemingways basiert auf seinen Erlebnissen als freiwilliger Sanitätsfahrer im Ersten Weltkrieg. Frederic Henry, ein junger Amerikaner, verliebt sich im Lazarett in die englische Krankenschwester Catherine Barkley, nachdem er bei einem Sanitätseinsatz an der italienischen Front verletzt wurde. Zurück bei seiner Truppe erlebt er den feindlichen Durchbruch bei Caporetto und entkommt nur knapp der Erschießung als angeblicher Deserteur.

Schwer verletzt wartet der Schriftsteller Harry zu Füßen des Kilimandscharo auf sein Ende. Seine kreative Kraft ist längst erloschen: Seit er an der Seite einer reichen Frau ein luxuriöses Leben führt, hat er nichts mehr geschrieben. In Afrika wollte er zu einem einfachen Dasein zurückfinden. Im Fieberwahn kreisen seine Gedanken um sein vergeudetes Leben und seine ungeschriebenen Bücher, für die es nun zu spät ist.

The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of a battle between an aging, experienced fisherman, Santiago, and a large marlin. The story opens with Santiago having gone 84 days without catching a fish, and now being seen as "salao", the worst form of unluckiness. He is so unlucky that his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him and has been told instead to fish with successful fishermen.

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love and vanishing illusions.  

When Ernest Hemingway died in 1961 he had nearly completed A Moveable Feast, which eventually was published posthumously in 1964 and edited by his widow Mary Hemingway. This new special edition of Hemingway's classic memoir of his early years in Paris in the 1920's presents the original manuscript as the author intended it to be published at the time of his death.

The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women, and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, this collection includes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical.

Hemingway’s greatest novel. American and British expatriates travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. Hemingway investigates the themes of love and death, the revivifying power of nature, and the concept of masculinity. The novel is well known for its style, which is variously described as modern, hard-boiled, or understated.

First published in 1970, nine years after Hemingway's death, this is the story of an artist and adventurer, a man much like Hemingway himself. Beginning in the 1930s, Islands in the Stream follows the fortunes of Thomas Hudson, from his experiences as a painter on the Gulf Stream island of Bimini through his antisubmarine activities off the coast of Cuba during World War II. Hemingway is at his mature best in this beguiling tale.

The legendary tale of romance, fishing, fiestas, and bullfighting. The remarkable Lady Brett Ashley bowls over the men, drinks heavily, and bathes continually. Jake Barnes, the Paris correspondent and impotent with a World War 1 injury, longs for Brett but can’t have her. 

"Three-Day Blow'' is a short story that became a chapter from In Our Time. Jake (Hemingway's alter ego) hikes to his friend Bill's house where they spend the morning talking and drinking. The conversation is mostly chit-chat until the liquor loosens them up enough to discuss Jakes's breakup with Marjorie. 

84 Tage lang hat der kubanische Fischer Santiago keinen Fang mehr gemacht. Verzweifelt ist er auf einen Erfolg aus und wagt sich immer weiter in den Golfstrom hinaus. Als endlich ein gigantischer Schwertfisch anbeißt, beginnt ein zwei Tage und zwei Nächte währender Kampf, den der alte Mann schließlich gewinnt. Doch der Sieg wird zur Niederlage: Auf dem Rückweg wird die Beute von Haien angefallen, gegen die sich der alte Mann zu wehren versucht.

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway is a complete collection of his short stories. His stories include themes of love, war, travel, wilderness, and loss. This collection demonstrates Hemingway’s ability to write beautiful prose for each distinct story, and it is an invaluable addition to your library. Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, journalist, and sportsman. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction.

In his unforgettable first novel, Hemingway artfully illuminates the plight of the Lost Generation, weaving a poignant tale of love and loss in the aftermath of World War I. The story follows two expatriates living in Paris in the 1920s: Jake Barnes, an American war veteran and journalist, and Lady Brett Ashley, an independent Englishwoman exploring the opportunities afforded by a new era of liberated women and sexual freedom. Impotent due to an injury suffered during the war, Jake must navigate his hopeless love for Brett in a changed world of waning morality.  

 Big Two-Hearted River features a single protagonist, Hemingway's recurrent autobiographical character Nick Adams, whose speaking voice is heard just three times. Hemingway explores the destructive qualities of war,  but he also creates a great fishing story. 

Harry Morgan lebt von der Vermietung seiner Motorjacht an reiche Sportfischer vor der kubanischen Küste. Sein kärgliches Einkommen versucht er, durch Rum- und Waffenschmuggel aufzubessern. Als ein Kunde ihn um die Bootsmiete prellt, sieht Harry sich gezwungen, durch den Transport illegaler Einwanderer von Kuba nach Florida zu Geld zu kommen. Doch die Überfahrt läuft nicht wie geplant, und Harry versinkt immer tiefer im Sumpf des Verbrechens.