内容简介
"MenWithoutWomen"wasamilestoneinHemingway'scareer."Fiesta"hadalreadyestablishedhimasanovelistofexceptionalpower,butwiththeseshortstories,hissecondcollection,heshowedthatitispossible,withinthespaceofafewpages,torecreateascenewithabsolutetruth,bringingtolifedetailsobservedonlybytheeyeofauniquelygiftedartist.Hemingway'smenarebullfightersandboxers,hiredhandsandharddrinkers,gangstersandgunmen.Eachoftheirstoriesdealswithmasculinetoughnessunsoftenedbywoman'shand.Incisive,hard-edged,pareddowntothebareminimum,theyareclassicHemingwayterritory.
作者简介
ErnestMillerHemingwaywasborninChicagoin1899asthesonofadoctorandthesecondofsixchildren.AfterastintasanambulancedriverattheItalianfront,HemingwaycamehometoAmericain1919,onlytoreturntothebattlefield-thistimeasareporterontheGreco-Turkishwar-in1922.Resigningfromjournalismtofocusonhiswritinginstead,hemovedtoPariswhereherenewedhisearlierfriendshipwithfellowAmericanexpatriatessuchasEzraPoundandGertrudeStein.Throughtheyears,Hemingwaytravelledwidelyandwroteavidly,becominganinternationallyrecognizedliterarymasterofhiscraft.HereceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1954,followingthepublicationofTheOldManandtheSea.Hediedin1961.