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A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
While I like Hemingway's succinct sentences, the technical aspects of war really aren't that interesting to me. I did not like a lot of the conversations also - too long and often hard to follow who is actually speaking. (Perhaps, though, that is how real conversations transpire.)And, I thought that some of Catherine's words seemed stilted, but then I read some letters written around that time and they were similar. So perhaps it just seemed weird in today's context.
However, Book Five, the last section of the book redeemed it for me. The focus of this part of the story is Henry and Catherine's happy time prior to the baby's birth. I found Tenente much more likeable in this section, more of a sympathetic character after he deserted. And in spite of his initial protestations, I do believe that he came to love Catherine.
This book was recommended to me by my cousin, Kathy. Some of the story takes places in the Julian Alps, near places where we recently travelled. However, I don't know geography well enough to recogonize many of the place names. (And I never did go to a map...) Seeing the area, though, gave me a better idea of the difficulties of fighting a war in that area.
"No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." (261)
However, Book Five, the last section of the book redeemed it for me. The focus of this part of the story is Henry and Catherine's happy time prior to the baby's birth. I found Tenente much more likeable in this section, more of a sympathetic character after he deserted. And in spite of his initial protestations, I do believe that he came to love Catherine.
This book was recommended to me by my cousin, Kathy. Some of the story takes places in the Julian Alps, near places where we recently travelled. However, I don't know geography well enough to recogonize many of the place names. (And I never did go to a map...) Seeing the area, though, gave me a better idea of the difficulties of fighting a war in that area.
"No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful." (261)