In these early Hemingway stories, which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. They range from haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe.
'Stamped with the urgency of Hemingway's style - revealing tenderness of feeling beneath descriptions of brutality' ― Guardian
In a class by itself - the country, at all hours shines bright and clear in these pages ― Daily Telegraph