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A powerful, poignant story of the inability to capture lost youth.
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The War is just over. In Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls passionately in love with Renata, a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'. Cantrell is embittered, war-scarred and old enough to be Renata's father, but he is overwhelmed by the selflessness and freshness of the love she is offering.
But this is no fairy tale. The fighting may be ended, but the wounds of war have not yet healed. And for some, the longed-for peace has come too late.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Imagine yourself sitting in a white chair under a tree during autumn. The wind gently blowing on your face and the leaves touching you as they fall down from the tree. This is the moment you would want to read a soft yet powerful story. What better than Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemngway. Set in Venice, Italy, this is love story of an Italian countess and an arrogant American colonel. Though unsure about their future, all that matters to them is their undying love for each other. As time passes by they encounter doubts about their getting married.Promises of marriage, a home and family is just one part of the story. Will empty promises be kept by the Colonel? Read on and you would know.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this book and found it impossible to put down. Some peole say that it is similar to Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice", but I find this more human and more touching than Mann's short story. This book had very poor reviews when it was first published, but I really like it and it is a book I know that I will read again and again.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of the greatest love stories I've ever read - and I've read a lot. First read as an impressionable teenager, this book still moves me now (several decades later). As always with Hemingway, beautifully crafted simplicity. Read this and weep.
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Not a great Hemmingway starting point for me.
This is the first time I have read a book by EH and I chose it because of my love for all things Italian and because I know Venice pretty well. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. D Blair
The unloved Hemingway
Between For Whom the Bells Toll (which is my favourite Hemingway novel) and The Old Man and the Sea (which is most people's favourite Hemingway novel), there is Across the River... Read more
Published 9 months ago by The Big Pink One
difficult
have it in audio cd in car, think i would have given up on it if it had been a book.
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. A. Smart
Wonderful!
I am studying many works of Hemingway for an exam at the University. I liked this book so much, it was amazing!
Published on 2 April 2010 by Sabrina Fedato
Nothing happens
I read this just after suffering the boredom in "A farewell to Arms". Unbelievably, this is even worse than that pile of drivel. A good start point would have been a plot. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2010 by Random
Visions of Papa
Readers, Across the River... isn't Hemingway's greatest work. If he hadn't shot himself in the head thirty four years ago, I know that our chubby, bearded friend would readily... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2005 by A. Sharratt
A blot on Hemingway's legend
Every Hemingway title I have read has been singlularly exhilirating. Granted, my reading only extends to 'For Whom The Bell Tolls', 'A Farewell To Arms', 'The Sun Also Rises' and a... Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2004
Down to earth love
Hemingway delivers us feelings on a plate.
This story is so real, impossible love like this (even though it's quite extremely so here) has happened to so many of us - this is... Read more
This story is so real, impossible love like this (even though it's quite extremely so here) has happened to so many of us - this is... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2004 by Bookivore
Very disappointing
I'd say Hemingway is my favourite writer of all (For Whom The Bell Tolls is my favourite novel) - but this is far from one of his best. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2003
Transfers you instantly to Venice
It is miraculous how Hemingway manages to trigger ones imagination with such a simplistic choice of words. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2001
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