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A review by darthnibbles
Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
5.0
Browsing through the other reviews on this site, I was surprised by how many people complained about the plot. You don't read Hemingway for the plot; if you want plot, go watch a soap opera. You read Hemingway for the style, the setting, and an uncanny ability to convey emotion without actually talking about emotion.
I finished this book with the idea that nothing in it is to be taken literally. By the half-way point, in fact, I kept expecting to find that it was all a dream or he was dead. Fortunately Hemingway never does anything so inane. Instead, we are left with the impression that nothing seen or described may actually be quite what we understand it to be. It is the colored impression of a man filled with pain, longing, and regret.
Ultimately, this is the story of a man who knows he is going to die, trying to come to terms with that fact.
I finished this book with the idea that nothing in it is to be taken literally. By the half-way point, in fact, I kept expecting to find that it was all a dream or he was dead. Fortunately Hemingway never does anything so inane. Instead, we are left with the impression that nothing seen or described may actually be quite what we understand it to be. It is the colored impression of a man filled with pain, longing, and regret.
Ultimately, this is the story of a man who knows he is going to die, trying to come to terms with that fact.