- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Scribner; 1 edition (May 26 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684839261
- ISBN-13: 978-0684839264
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #915,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Featuring Hemingway's only full-length play, The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War brilliantly evokes the tumultuous Spain of the 1930s. These works, which grew from Hemingway's adventures as a newspaper correspondent in and around besieged Madrid, movingly portray the effects of war on soldiers, civilians, and the correspondents sent to cover it.
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Featuring Hemingway's only full-length play, which--like the stories here--grew out of his experiences in and around a besieged Madrid, this volume brilliantly evokes the tumultuous years of the Spanish Civil War.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational Fiction,
By Kelly (Saline, MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fifth Column: And Four Stories of The Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
The Fifth Column part of the book is very entertaining. I enjoyed it more than the four stories. Give this book a chance if you have any interest in either the Spanish Civil War or Ernest Hemingway. Also try A SUN ALSO RISES. That book is good as well.
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Some of Hem's very best stuff,
By Brian Douglas - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Fifth Column: And Four Stories of The Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
I wasn't sure about a Hemingway play. Sure, Papa is one of my favorite fiction writers, but could he write for the stage as well as he wrote stories?The Fifth Column proved to be every bit as good as Hemingway's best fiction. The deep characters and fascinating, realistic sequence of events are brilliantly written. The reader can picture the drama as if it was being acted out before him. I've recommended this book to several people; some are hesitant to read it because the story's setting (the Spanish Civil War) doesn't interest them. But in Hemingway's fiction, the setting is not as important as how people and the things that happen to them are communicated on the page. He was a truly master writer, able to make characters and situations fascinating regardless of what the reader thought of the story's setting. One suggestion: I read the four short stories before I read the play, and I strongly recommend that sequence. Reading the stories first enables you to see transition of the events from real life to Hemingway's mind, then to the page, and finally to the stage. Seeing this transition will give the reader an appreciation for Hemingway's ability to so brilliantly put into words his own observations and experiences. If you are a Hemingway fan, or if you just like good fiction, it doesn't get much better than this. 5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Educational Fiction,
By Kelly - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Fifth Column: And Four Stories of The Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
The Fifth Column part of the book is very entertaining. I enjoyed it more than the four stories. Give this book a chance if you have any interest in either the Spanish Civil War or Ernest Hemingway. Also try A SUN ALSO RISES. That book is good as well.
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These are excellent stories,
By S. Girard - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Fifth Column: And Four Stories of The Spanish Civil War (Paperback)
This play and these four stories are exactly what I was looking for when I picked this up. Hemingway is no better than when he is in Spain and especially when he is at war in Spain. I had not known about the play before but it was full of the same characters, same relationships that we see him examining in all his work from this time.This one is worth picking up, whether you are new to Hemingway, or looking for another gem. He rarely disappoints and certainly doesn't here. |
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