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| A Farewell To Arms | 
| Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  373 reviews
Sales Rank: 1128
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0684801469
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780684801469
ASIN: 0684801469
Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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 __Underscore. August 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What beauty. What excellent prose. There is little I can say that has not already been said about Hemingway's style. So, I will keep my review short and blunt. This is one of the select few finest American literary works of the twentieth century. If you have any interest in Hemingway's writing, this novel is a must-read.
A good, quick read August 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The great American novelist doesn't disappoint.
Jake, a likable but disabled incarnation of a rather classic Hemingway character, struggles as an impotent in a love square for the affections of the quasi-royal Lady Ashley.
Set primarily in Spain during Fiesta, Hemingway's portrayal of decadence, overconsumption, and the breakdown of Judeo-Christian values in post-WWI Europe makes for a hard to put down story. And unlike some of Hemingway's other works, it doesn't leave the reader feeling like hell at the end.
I was once in love with Catherine August 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was eleven years old when I fell in love with Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls and first became a fan of Ernest Hemingway. In reading most of his works, is it any wonder that those of us of a certain age became so enamored with his style that we aped his every trick? The man was a stylist of the highest order, and no other writer comes close to him for clarity and precision.
Naturally, over long lifetimes most readers move on from those who first turned them on to the beauty and grace of fiction and find other authors who touch their hearts deeply. Moving back and forth in time and across cultures we expand our tastes and experiences. But to test ourselves, from time to time we go back to our shelves and dust off an old favorite to see how the book and its author stand up to the comparisons.
So I hauled down A Farewell to Arms and began reading. Within a minute I was hooked; the old master's style still placed an unbreakable stranglehold on me and I was unable to cease until the story played out. The sentences are still simple and direct, and what is left out is as important as what is retained. Ernest Hemingway lives every time he is pulled from the shelves or stacks.
The story of `Farewell' is as powerful as ever; the folly of war; the stupidity of those who manage it; and the impact on the lives who are caught up in it. Hemingway has lost none of his hard hitting story telling ability after the passage of nearly a century.
But something has changed, I am no longer that eleven year old in love with my dear Ingrid, and I'm not the adolescent in love with the beautiful Catherine Barkley. Could there be a more romantic name than Catherine Barkley? While Ernest is still a vital force in writing, his notion of women has become archaic.
The book still inspires revulsion of war, but I no longer was in love with Cat. She was old fashioned and dependent on Tenente Henry for love and emotional support. Instead of being born at the end of the nineteenth century, she could have been the heroin on a Walter Scott novel two hundred years earlier, although I must admit she was a bit more adventuresome.
I still look forward to my next foray back into the works of Hemingway, but I think that I may never fall in love with his leading ladies again. I'm no longer the eager young romantic rowing away from war with my love. How sad for me.
Read Hemingway. He's still got more talent and power than ninety-nine percent of those who put words on paper, and A Farewell to Arms is a wonderful example of his style and power.
 Why is this a classic? June 14, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I enjoy "the classics" and have read most of Hemingways works. This isn't up to par of the others and I would skip it. I had to force myself to read it.
Fantastic! May 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having recently read this book for the first time, I can confirm that there's a reason that it's considered one of the very best war novels. It's a brilliant history on love and war, with fantastic pictorial descriptions and some of the best realized characters I have ever seen in print. Other reviewers have pointed out how hard it is to find a page in this book that's not perfect. I have to agree.
The narrator of the story is the lieutenant ("Tenente") Frederic Henry, a volunteer ambulance driver from the United States. As many other Hemingway male heroic characters he shares a love for life, traveling, drinking and woman. He eventually falls in love with the the lovely Catherine Barkley, and the story follows their attempt to find comfort in each other in a crazy war.
This story with it's perfect plot, it's beautiful writing and incredible characters will stay with you years later. You see the line of soldiers retreating through the night, the frightened peasant girls and the grand Milan nights filled with laughter and love. In short a excellent portrayal of love, humanity and war and one I will surely read again.
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