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| Original Title: | The Nick Adams Stories |
| ISBN: | 0848805240 (ISBN13: 9780848805241) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Nick Adams |
Ernest Hemingway
Hardcover | Pages: 268 pages Rating: 4.05 | 6922 Users | 361 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Nick Adams Stories |
| Author | : | Ernest Hemingway |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 268 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1972 by Amereon Limited (first published January 1st 1966) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Short Stories. Classics. Literature. American. 20th Century. Novels |
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The Nick Adams Stories show a memorable character growing from child to adolescent to soldier, veteran, writer & parent--a sequence closely paralleling events of Hemingway's life.The 1st section, called Northern Woods, includes "Three Shots", "Indian Camp", "The Doctor & the Doctor's Wife", "Ten Indians" & "The Indians Moved Away". The 2nd section, On His Own, includes "The Light of the World", "The Battler", "The Killers", "The Last Good Country" & "Crossing the Mississippi".
The 3rd section, War, has "Night Before Landing", "Nick Sat Against the Wall", "Now I Lay Me", "A Way You'll Never Be" & "In Another Country". The 4th section, Soldier Home, has "Big Two-Hearted River", "The End of Something", "The Three-Day Blow" & "Summer People". The 5th section, Company of Two, has "Wedding Day", "On Writing", "An Alpine Idyll", "Cross-Country Snow" & "Fathers & Sons".
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I found these stories very tedious and self serving; I get that Hemmingway was obsessed with death and manliness but even the glorification of nature in the upper portions of Michigan couldn't capture my attention. Women are undeveloped characters and frankly nothing much happens. I can't believe that one paragraph could constitute a short story; where were the beginning, middle and ends of the tales. What the heck is the significance of the rabbit at the end of "On writing".I debated between the three and four star rating for this one. In terms of Hemingway's storytelling and writing ability it is certainly a four. On the contrary, in terms of how much I enjoyed the content of this book, it is most definitely a three for me. This is the second Hemingway book I've read (after promising myself that I would give each book a chance on it's own before I make my ultimate judgment on him. After tearing through "A Farewell to Arms", I immediately picked up the next
Disappointing. I liked the first few stories but lost interest afterwards.
This is the third time I have attempted to say that I never finished this book, sorry Ernie! It was, indeed, fun to read about Northern Michigan a century ago, with so many references, but then, I simply lost interest, maybe 60% through! So many books, so little time, so I moved on!
I can now say I'm a true Hemingway fan...my question is if they are all truthful?
Disappointing. I liked the first few stories but lost interest afterwards.
Oh this book just pulls my heart until it hurts. If I ever had a place to call my home town it would be Northern Michigan. Hemingway often wrote about the same area of Northern Michigan where he would spend his summers. These short stories are about growing up there and mentions all the little towns and places I know. I read this book every summer on the airplane when I go back to MI.
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