Big Two-Hearted River
A gorgeous new centennial edition of Ernest Hemingwayâs landmark short story of returning veteran Nick Adamsâs solo fishing trip in Michiganâs rugged Upper Peninsula, illustrated with specially commissioned artwork by master engraver Chris Wormell and featuring a revelatory foreword by John N. Maclean.
\"The finest story of the outdoors in American literature.\" âSports Illustrated
A century since its publication in the collection In Our Time, âBig Two-Hearted Riverâ has helped shape language and literature in America and across the globe, and its magnetic pull continues to draw readers, writers, and critics. The story is the best early example of Ernest Hemingwayâs now-familiar writing style: short sentences, punchy nouns and verbs, few adjectives and adverbs, and a seductive cadence. Easy to imitate, difficult to match. The subject matter of the story has inspired generations of writers to believe that vivid nature writing and the art of fly fishing can be literature. More than any of his stories, this tale of a returning veteran depends on his âiceberg theoryâ of literature, the notion that leaving essential parts of a story unsaid, the underwater portion of the iceberg, adds to its power. Taken in context with his other work, it marks Hemingwayâs passage from boyish writer to accomplished author: nothing big came before it, novels and stories poured out after it. âfrom the foreword by John N. Maclean
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Big Two-Hearted River
A gorgeous new centennial edition of Ernest Hemingwayâs landmark short story of returning veteran Nick Adamsâs solo fishing trip in Michiganâs rugged Upper Peninsula, illustrated with specially commissioned artwork by master engraver Chris Wormell and featuring a revelatory foreword by John N. Maclean.
\"The finest story of the outdoors in American literature.\" âSports Illustrated
A century since its publication in the collection In Our Time, âBig Two-Hearted Riverâ has helped shape language and literature in America and across the globe, and its magnetic pull continues to draw readers, writers, and critics. The story is the best early example of Ernest Hemingwayâs now-familiar writing style: short sentences, punchy nouns and verbs, few adjectives and adverbs, and a seductive cadence. Easy to imitate, difficult to match. The subject matter of the story has inspired generations of writers to believe that vivid nature writing and the art of fly fishing can be literature. More than any of his stories, this tale of a returning veteran depends on his âiceberg theoryâ of literature, the notion that leaving essential parts of a story unsaid, the underwater portion of the iceberg, adds to its power. Taken in context with his other work, it marks Hemingwayâs passage from boyish writer to accomplished author: nothing big came before it, novels and stories poured out after it. âfrom the foreword by John N. Maclean
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A gorgeous new centennial edition of Ernest Hemingwayâs landmark short story of returning veteran Nick Adamsâs solo fishing trip in Michiganâs rugged Upper Peninsula, illustrated with specially commissioned artwork by master engraver Chris Wormell and featuring a revelatory foreword by John N. Maclean.
\"The finest story of the outdoors in American literature.\" âSports Illustrated
A century since its publication in the collection In Our Time, âBig Two-Hearted Riverâ has helped shape language and literature in America and across the globe, and its magnetic pull continues to draw readers, writers, and critics. The story is the best early example of Ernest Hemingwayâs now-familiar writing style: short sentences, punchy nouns and verbs, few adjectives and adverbs, and a seductive cadence. Easy to imitate, difficult to match. The subject matter of the story has inspired generations of writers to believe that vivid nature writing and the art of fly fishing can be literature. More than any of his stories, this tale of a returning veteran depends on his âiceberg theoryâ of literature, the notion that leaving essential parts of a story unsaid, the underwater portion of the iceberg, adds to its power. Taken in context with his other work, it marks Hemingwayâs passage from boyish writer to accomplished author: nothing big came before it, novels and stories poured out after it. âfrom the foreword by John N. Maclean
