A Farewell to Arms

WrittenwhenErnestHemingwaywasthirtyyearsoldandlaudedasthebestAmericannoveltoemergefromWorldWarI,"AFarewelltoArms"istheunforgettablestoryofanAmericanambulancedriverontheItalianfrontandhispassionforabeautifulEnglishnurse.Setagainsttheloominghorrorsofthebattlefield--weary,demoralizedmenmarchingintherainduringtheGermanattackonCaporetto;theprofoundstrugglebetweenloyaltyanddesertion--thisgripping,semiautobiographicalworkcapturestheharshrealitiesofwarandthepainofloverscaughtinitsinexorablesweep.ErnestHemingwayfamouslysaidthatherewrotetheendingto"AFarewelltoArms"thirty-ninetimestogetthewordsright.Thiseditioncollectsallofthealternativeendingstogetherforthefirsttime,alongwithearlydraftsofotheressentialpassages,offeringnewinsightintoHemingway'scraftandcreativeprocessandtheevolutionofoneofthegreatestnovelsofthetwentiethcentury.FeaturingHemingway'sown1948introductiontoanillustratedreissueofthenovel,apersonalforewordbytheauthor'ssonPatrickHemingway,andanewintroductionbytheauthor'sgrandsonSeanHemingway,thiseditionof"AFarewelltoArms"istrulyacelebration.