Men Without Women (Hardcover)

from amydross

I read a couple of Hemingway novels in high school and since, and I absolutely loathed them... so I was surprised to find I kind of like the stories here! The novels felt stiff and artificial, particularly the female characters -- perhaps this collection is saved by not having any. People think o...

from pingdjip

**spoilers** The atmosphere in these stories is raw, without illusions and cynical. Most characters are not too upset about their disenchanted world. Ok, they're grumpy or gloomy, but they give a shrug and carry on. The narrator keeps from committing himself, delivering his sober prose stoicly li...

from frozenplums

I should start by saying I'm generally not a fan of Hemingway. Despite my greatest efforts -- and they have been great, indeed -- he's just not my favorite. That being said: This compilation was generally exactly what I expected. I wasn't a huge fan of the first story, simply because the subject ...

from DRFP

The future influence Hemingway would have seems obvious in this collection. Yet too often many of these stories feel oddly soulless, like they're technical exercises more than anything else. However, the other half of the time Hemingway does manage to nail a mood or a feeling particularly well. F...

from markfinl

This is my second or third time through these stories and I was surprised at how much the stories vary in quality. Some, like "The Killers" and "Fifty Grand" are among the best short stories ever written, while others, like "A Banal Story" are not even fully formed ideas.