VINTAGE CLASSICS : A FAREWELL TO ARMS

Ernest s Hemingway s powerful autobiographical story of war. I don t live at all when I m not with you 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 unforgettable war novel. Recreating the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteer, and the men and women he meets in Italy, this is a story of war told with simplicity and immediacy. It is also a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion. A novel of great power Times Literary Supplement In these troubled times Hemingway s clarity, spirituality and sense of hard reality in the midst of confusion is very helpful Sunday Telegraph