Across the river and into the trees

I loved this book. But then again I read it in Verona Porta Nuova station after visiting Venice, waiting for a night train to Paris, in the rain, and I think this may well be the best book to read in Verona Porta Nuova station after visiting Venice, waiting for a night train to Paris, in the rain.

When Hemingway wrote this novel, he may have known that his masterpieces were behind him. Although this novel is a lesser work, there are moments of tenderness, poignancy and power crafted in his trademark miminalist style that linger. The novel concerns a retired Army Colonel, who has fought in bru Leggi tutto

Un vecchio di cinquant'anni Questo libro, scritto da Hemingway a distanza di dieci anni da "Per chi suona la campana" e venti da "Addio alle armi", è ambientato in una Venezia invernale. Racconta una storia d'amore fra un colonnello cinquantenne, di precaria salute, e una diciannovenne ricchissima e Leggi tutto

The inability to recapture lost youth and to forget the recent wounds of war, one intangible and one tangible, permeate the thoughts of Colonel Richard Cantrell. He falls in love with a countess, Renata, young enough to be his daughter and yet he knows they can never be together. Venice and its cana Leggi tutto

Haunting - old warriors who try to capture the youth they sacrificed to war - one of my favorite works of Hemingway.