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In these fourteen stories, Hemingway begins to examine the themes that would occupy his later works: the casualties of war, the often uneasy relationship between men and women, sport and sportsmanship. In "Banal Story," Hemingway offers a lasting tribute to the famed matador Maera. "In Another Country" tells of an Italian major recovering from war wounds as he mourns the untimely death of his wife.
Titulli: Men Without Women
Origjinali: Men Without Women
Gjinia: Roman
Autori: Ernest Hemingway
Shtëpia botuese: Arrow Books
Viti: 2004
Fq. 136
Pesha: 0.110 kg
ISBN: 978-0-099-90930-9
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