Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. While stationed in northern Italy, he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an E
※《戰地春夢》是海明威確立其文學地位的代表作，為海明威半自傳小說，也是二十世紀在小說藝術上具有經典意義的重要作品。※如同許多熟諳歐美文壇動向的評論家所指出的，它是一部張揚人道主義精神的反戰小說；然而，海明威在書中所表達的理念與情感，其實遠遠不止於人道與反戰，而已逕自揭露了世界大戰的荒謬性，從而嚴肅批判了現代西方文明的本質。※1929年《戰地春夢》（A Farewell to Arms），海明威的第一部獲利成功之作出版：初版八萬本，四個月內銷售一空。若不是由於海明威在《戰地春夢》中所呈示的戰爭場景之可怖與荒謬，其真實感到了令人觸目驚心的地步，則這些直接揭明反權威、反傳統的理念與表述，也未必能引起風起雲湧的共鳴與認同。第一次世界大戰後期，在義大利前線作戰的亨利中尉因傷而轉到米蘭住院治療，住院期間，與女護士凱瑟琳日久生情，戰火的無情與戰爭的荒謬，使得兩人緊密結合在一起。當亨利傷癒重返戰地，義大利軍隊已準備撤退。義大利統治者認為戰敗原因是由於軍官叛逃，於是派出憲兵四處追捕軍官。亨利被擄獲，但伺機跳入河中遁逃，成為一名逃兵。從此，這荒謬的一切已與他無關，他只想去找凱瑟琳，過著屬於兩人的平凡幸福。然而，意料之外的打擊卻在前方等待著他……第一次世界大戰期間，海明威應徵義大利軍的紅十字會救護車司機，腿部被迫擊砲碎片炸成重傷，住院期間結識一位女護士，兩人墜入愛河。這段戀情雖未能長久，海明威卻始終難以忘懷，日後他的著名小說《戰地春夢》，即以該名護士為女主角。海明威在小說序中說：「這本書是一部悲劇，這個事實並沒有使我不愉快，因為我相信，人生就是一部悲劇，也知道人生只能有一個結局。」海明威筆下的「硬漢」，不是為了換取什麼樣的利益或名聲，所以去經歷那些痛苦折磨，去克服那些看來如此嚴酷的挑戰，不，痛苦、折磨、挑戰，本身就是目的。――知名作家楊照*【書中名句】◎沒有一件事情比打仗更糟糕。◎我們思考，我們看書，我們不是農民，我們是機械師，但是連農民也有知識，不信賴戰爭，人人都討厭這一仗。◎你愛一個人，就希望為他做點事情。你渴望犧牲。你渴望服務。◎你要什麼，我也要什麼。不再有我自己了。只有你要的一切。◎但若你一無所有，不怕損失，生命便不難安排了。◎我們生來就擁有一切，我們卻不知情。我們得不到什麼新的東西。我們初生時完整無缺。◎戰爭已隔得老遠。說不定根本沒有戰爭，此地就沒有。這時候我深深體會到我的戰地
Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century!Ernest Hemingway wasn’t just a novelist. He was a hunter and a fisherman; he became an ambulance officer in Paris, France, during World War I; and he worked as a reporter during the civil war in Spain in the 1930s. All of these experiences had such an important impact on Ernest’s life that he used them as inspiration for some of his most notable works of fiction, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.He wrote short stories, novels, and articles in an understated, direct style, that is still beloved by readers today. Hemingway is remembered as much for his fiction as he is for his adventurous lifestyle.
「生活與鬥牛差不多，不是你戰勝牛，就是牛挑死你。」──海明威 他的生活超斜槓，作家×鬥牛×拳擊×打獵×捕魚×軍人 十八般武藝樣樣精通，出類拔萃 他就像是鬥牛士，鬥的是生活與文學 他五度上戰場，重傷與殘疾也無法粉碎他的熱情 ──鬥牛士總在最危險的時刻優雅閃避 他將文學的冰山理論發揚光大，創造以小博大的美感 ──鬥牛士總以最鋒利的匕首一招斃命 他是以狂熱為信條的傳奇作家，海明威！ ▎勝利就是正義，清教徒家庭中的拳擊手與戰爭狂熱者 從小遵守清規戒律的海明威深藏一顆躁動的心，他毅然報名了拳擊課程，被打得鼻青臉腫也不在乎，他渴望一切勝利，「打拳擊是為了取勝，不是為了打死人」，高中畢業後，他把目光投向風起雲湧的歐陸戰場，義無反顧地成為戰地醫療員，卻在一次前線任務中身受重傷，殘疾終生。 ▎豐滿的理想對上骨感的現實，漫漫作家路 拿了英勇勳章回到美國的海明威發現現實的殘酷：退役軍人國家不養，身有殘疾卻無人幫，勳章甚至不能拿去典當，只能流落街頭受人唾棄。海明威也差點落得如此下場――求職被蒙騙，竟成詐欺犯的共犯，為報社寫稿的錢也少得可憐。還好他遇見了貴人，供他吃住、鼓勵他寫作，開啟他前往巴黎名流圈的大門，也漸漸在美國文壇嶄露頭角。 ▎戰爭的回饋，身上的兩百個彈孔與兩部傳世名作 距離第一次上戰場、第一次做手術取出兩百多片碎彈已經過了十年，海明威這才沉澱下來，鼓起勇氣寫出當年戰場的經歷，催生了名作《戰地春夢》（A Farewell to Arms）與《戰地鐘聲》（For Whom the Bell Tolls），讓他享譽全國，他是清醒者，帶領著「迷惘的一代」向前走。 ▎《老人與海》的文學輝煌，攻頂諾貝爾文學獎 在海明威生命最後的十年，他完成了《老人與海》（The Old Man and the Sea），這成為他寫作之路的巔峰，這部作品也被社會肯定，獲得了諾貝爾文學獎與普立茲獎，這個英勇一生的鬥牛士，總算在與文學的相互對抗中取得完美的勝利。 ▎神祕家族詛咒，鬥過戰爭與文學，鬥不過自我 海明威的家族短短數十年就有五人自殺，其中一個就是海明威。他的身亡眾說紛紜：有人說他因為身體病痛難耐；有人說因《老人與海》成就太高，他難以超越而感到生無可戀；也有人說就是精神疾病在作祟。無論如何，他鬥不過「自己」這頭牛，以一聲槍響和一地血泊結束自己傳奇的一生。 ★本書特色：海明威是二十世紀的重要作家，同時也是諾貝
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's description of war is u
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. H
Hemingway's classic novel of the First World WarThe 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
First published in 1929, this draws on Hemingway's experiences of World War I, when he was badly wounded while serving with the Italians. This is a portrait of men at war which explores their deeper r
Social Issues in Literature meets the need for materials supporting curriculum integration. Each title in this distinctive new series examines an important literary work or body of work through the le
This first volume in the new Teaching Hemingway Series is a collection of richly nuanced, insightful, and innovative essays on teaching A Farewell to Arms from authors with varied backgrounds, includi
When first published in 1929, Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms was decried as a vulgar novel, and was actually banned in Boston. In his extensive introduction, Scott Donaldson explains this initial reception, and then traces the change in perception toward the novel. The essays in this collection show that Farewell was a revolutionary novel that has only now begun to be understood - sixty years after publication. Sandra Spanier demonstrates how World War I determined the behaviour patterns of Catherine Barkley; James Phelan examines the first person narration; Ben Stoltzfus studies the novel from psychoanalytical (Lacanian) angles, and Paul Smith traces Hemingway's repeated attempts to write about the war.
Wagner-Martin, a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, offers a comprehensive guide to the novel's genesis, plot, background, the
