A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Fellow readers often criticize Hemingway. I believe his style is misunderstood among many. His style is meant to be bleak, and he promises (and offers) no happy endings.
A Farewell to Arms is beautifully crafted. Set in WWI, an American ambulance driver is serving in Italy. While there, he begins a love affair with an English nurse.
The imagery is profound, the plot unnerving. Hemingway explores love and war, and grips the reader in the difficult characters.
I love this one!
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