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Across the River and into the Trees (Paperback)

de Ernest Hemingway (Author)
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In classic Hemingway style, a middle-aged American colonel stationed in Europe spends a great deal of time philosophizing about the meaning of war and agonizing over the unspecified physical impairments that prevent him from having a sex life with his teenaged paramour. Boyd Gaines captures the novel's poignancy and brings some life to the endless narrative passages. He imparts an indeterminate European accent to the young Italian countess while giving her a sense of maturity beyond her limited years. While not one of Hemingway's best, this work shows his passion for description and his attraction to impossible romantic situations. Gaines conveys it all in the same tone one imagines the author heard while writing it. R.L.L. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.


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In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for Across the River and into the Trees, the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. A poignant, bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the worldweary beauty and majesty of Venice, Across the River and into the Trees stands as Hemingway's statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War. Hemingway's last full-length novel published in his lifetime, it moved John O'Hara in The New York Times Book Review to call him "the most important author since Shakespeare." --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A STUNNING NARRATION OF THIS CLASSIC TALE, Sep 28 2006
Par Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Across the River and Into the Trees (Audio CD)


Surely one of Ernest Hemingway's most memorable novels, Across the River and Into the Trees, is the touching story of love that comes too late.

First released in 1950 the novel covers three days in the life of Cantwell, a retired Army officer. He is now 50-years-old and has returned to the place where he nearly lost his life during World War II. Cantwell is a bitter man, feeling that he was unfairly demoted after losing a major part of his brigade during a forest battle. He was actually following orders, and believes the Army simply needed someone to blame and chose him.

He spends his time in Venice dictating his memoirs, railing against top brass - Eisenhower, Patton, Montgomery. He also becomes involved in a love affair with a 19-year-old girl. This character is said to be based, at least in part, on a young girl Hemingway met when he visited Venice in 1948.

For those unfamiliar with the story, there'll be no spoilers here by revealing the ending. Suffice it to say it is both moving and memorable.

It's thrilling to hear voice performer Boyd Gaines read. The opening lines "They started two hours before daylight, and at first, it was not necessary to break the ice across the canal as other boats had gone on ahead." set the stage for a remarkable performance. Gaines is an experienced award-winning stage, film, and television performer, and he brings this wide range of experience to his audio narration resulting in a stunning rendition of this classic tale.

- Gail Cooke
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5.0étoiles sur 5 She Loves You, Sep 3 2003
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This review is from: Across the River and into the Trees (Hardcover)
That this book is perhaps the least popular of Hemingway's output is the condition which proves the point. This, maybe the most personal and certainly most melancholy of his novels, is the story of a middle aged colonel who struggles to recapture a time, a place, when the world was not yet so... what's the word... stupid? Maybe that's too rough. Tasteless? Lacking in humor? In color? The protagonist's affair with a much younger woman has no doubt damaged this novel's reputation in the context of said cultural environment, but I don't see how one can understand The Sun Also Rises or Farewell to Arms while being left cold by this particular one. (Hemingway blew his brains out on July 2, 1961. The Beatles 'Mop Top' haircut was born during a trip to Paris at around that same time, and this enabled the singers to shake their heads to the beat of She Loves You with much improved effectiveness, while millions of young women fainted from exhiliration.)
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5.0étoiles sur 5 NO MIDDLE GROUND, Juil 20 2003
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This review is from: Across The River And Into The Trees (Paperback)
you'll either love it or hate it. basically if you can accept that love transcends age, then the excellent writing, like a fine painting, should win you over! i travelled to venice 33 years ago, and can attest to the way hemingway brings the city of long ago back to life; if only for the brief molment whilst you read this fine book. great story too!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A departure...
This was surprisingly my favorite Hemingway story in recent years. Readers in search of the typical bravado, bullfights and war scenes will be in for a shock. Read more
Publié le Mai 12 2003 par therosen

2.0étoiles sur 5 a mess
hard to say this: but it just doesn't work. i'm a big-time ernie fan, but this should never have been published. Read more
Publié le Déc 12 2002

5.0étoiles sur 5 I understand why it's slated but still....
This book is really biographical and psychological to Hemingway. Which is why critics slammed the book, but I feel its unwarranted. Read more
Publié le Nov. 30 2002 par ValensHawke

3.0étoiles sur 5 A fine effort, but it falls short
The plot line is absurd: a 50 year old, war-ravaged, American colonel has an 18-year old girlfriend, a beautiful Italian countess who loves him unquestioningly. Read more
Publié le Nov. 7 2002 par Lord Villanueva

3.0étoiles sur 5 A Strange Sort of Love
I've just finished reading this book, and though I am a great fan of Hemingway, I found this book lacking in something. Read more
Publié le Juil 11 2002 par Jonathan Wills

3.0étoiles sur 5 Deservedly regarded as one of Hemingways lesser efforts
Across the River and into the Trees is the story of an ill American colonel in post war Venice. He is "half-a hundred" years old and suffering from an incurable heart condition... Read more
Publié le Fév 19 2002 par suetonius

4.0étoiles sur 5 Angrymofo's Earlier Review Says it Best..Don't miss it!!
..All I can humbly add to Angrymofo is that I recall one of the best descriptions by EH (or anyone for that matter), is that of going "Into (and thru) the Trees" with... Read more
Publié le Janv. 15 2002 par S. Henkels

5.0étoiles sur 5 Strange at first, but very good nonetheless.
Exactly what sort of book would one expect from a writer who had just written "For Whom the Bell Tolls"? Read more
Publié le Janv. 7 2002 par Angry Mofo

4.0étoiles sur 5 Pleasantly Surprised
I just finished this book last night--I read it at one sitting, something I haven't done in a while with any book. I found the story quite moving and interesting. Read more
Publié le Janv. 2 2002

4.0étoiles sur 5 Great allegory...
This story is a trenchant allegory of the dream that every older man has of how to die. The protagonist, Richard Cantwell, knows--contrary to appearances--that he is ineffably... Read more
Publié le Avril 8 2001 par Janeth

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