Name: The Torrents of Spring (Read & Co. Classics Edition);With the Introductory Essay 'The Jazz Age Literature of the Lost Generation '
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Author: Hemingway, Ernest
ISBN: 9781528720472

portada The Torrents of Spring (Read & Co. Classics Edition);With the Introductory Essay 'The Jazz Age Literature of the Lost Generation '

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Publisher

Read & Co. Classics

Language

English

Pages

100

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9781528720472

Synopsis "The Torrents of Spring (Read & Co. Classics Edition);With the Introductory Essay 'The Jazz Age Literature of the Lost Generation '"

Ernest Hemingway's first piece of long-form literature, The Torrents of Spring, is a satirical novella that the great American author wrote in just ten days and is a rare early example of his work. Set in small-town America in Northern Michigan, The Torrents of Spring follows two characters: a writer, Scripps O'Neill, and a Great War veteran, Yogi Johnson. Scripps represents the small-mindedness of suburban America and repeatedly falls in love with women who claim to have knowledge of literature, whereas Yogi has fought in the First World War, experienced a severe injury, and fallen in love in Paris. Throughout the novella, Yogi struggles to fall in love with someone new, and he represents the Lost Generation of Jazz Age literature. First published in 1926, The Torrents of Spring was intended to parody Sherwood Anderson's Dark Laughter (1925) and the modern realists of the Roaring 20s. It is an effective satire of these styles while maintaining hidden depths of meaning. Hemingway's novella is a highly entertaining and short book, which would make an excellent read for those who wish to begin collecting classic American literature.

Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Miller Hemingway (Oak Park, 21 de julio de 1899-Ketchum, 2 de julio de 1961) fue un escritor y periodista estadounidense, uno de los principales novelistas y cuentistas del siglo XX.

Su estilo sobrio—que él denominó la teoría del iceberg—tuvo una gran influencia sobre la ficción del siglo XX, mientras que su vida de aventuras y su imagen pública le trajeron la admiración de las generaciones posteriores. Hemingway escribió la mayor parte de su obra entre mediados de la década de 1920 y mediados de la década de 1950. Ganó el Premio Pulitzer en 1953 por El viejo y el mar y al año siguiente el Premio Nobel de Literatura por su obra completa. Publicó siete novelas, seis recopilaciones de cuentos, dos ensayos y una obra de teatro.

Póstumamente se publicaron tres novelas, cuatro libros de cuentos y tres ensayos. Muchos de estos son considerados clásicos de la literatura de Estados Unidos.

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