- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed edition (22 Dec 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684837870
- ISBN-13: 978-0684837871
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 215,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This major novel, published posthumously, traces the life of a complex and enormously interesting man, Thomas Hudson, from his days as a painter on Bimini in the mid 1930s, to his antisubmarine adventures off Cuba during World War II.
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THE HOUSE was built on the highest part of the narrow tongue of land between the harbor and the open sea. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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THE HOUSE was built on the highest part of the narrow tongue of land between the harbor and the open sea. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was beautifully bitersweet to me. Thomas Hudson's life (the main character) is a story of tradgedy we've all experienced to one degree or another -- and the flicker of hope that remains when bitterness or despair sets in. As usual, the backdrop for the plot is classic Hemingway: romantic locales, adventure, insight and excellent observations on human character. I'd also like to point out that this is one of the most moving descriptions of fathers and sons (Hudson and his boys) that I've ever read in a novel. In addition there is an incredible sport fishing scene on the Gulf Stream that is the most vivid and exciting fishing account I've read. It will engross the reader totally. Without giving the story away, my only complaint was the second act of the book -- the bitter and nearly defeated Hudson living in Cuba during World War Two. Not to take away from the skill of the storytelling, but Hudson's bitterness during this part of the story is hard to ! ! witness. It left me feeling depressed at times myself. On the other hand it can be argued though that if a story has that sort of emotional effect, then it is successful. And who says stories must always be uplifiting anyways. As Hemingway experienced, as well as the rest of us -- life can be a downer at times. The dark mood of the second half is refreshed though by a dramatic, emotional and introspective ending that left a tear in my eye. I highly recommend this to the fans of Hemingway as well as anyone else -- a well done emotional journey.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very uneven book, unfinished at the time of Hemingway's suicide. Mary Hemingway and various editors slapped this one together from an on-again, off-again project Hemingway wasn't able to complete during his last decade of life due to his alcoholism, creaping schizophrenia and lack of fire. The sections of the book were meant to be virtually separate books and they read that way. Mark, the Calabrian reviewer, is right- the Cuban section is terrible. I believe Hemingway wrote much of it while drunk. The Bimini section is excellent except, having vacationed in Bimini myself, Hemingway sugarcoats the place. The Bimini he explains to his readers is actually more like Abaco, Green Turtle Cay, Eluethera or, most likely, Key West. The At Sea section is also fine to read. Funny, Islands in the Stream is a case where the movie version (starring George C. Scott) is probably of higher quality than the book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Truly great Hemingway. Wonderful story with the usual Hemingway themes, adventure, love and death. As you read the book you find the title adds much to forming the whole into a comprehensive unit of the writer's art. Long, pleasant rhythms, like life. One of the 2 BEST descriptions in literature of big-game fishing (the other is the short story The Emperor by Frederick Forsyth).
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I can't imagine this is Hemmingway's best work...
For some reason, Islands in the Stream is the first and so far only Hemmingway work which I've read, and I can't help feeling it wasn't the best place to start. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Tom H
Islands in the Stream
Good book at a reasonable price, the delivery from distance was good - no problems - very good service.
The book was in good condition and I am now enjoying reading it.
The book was in good condition and I am now enjoying reading it.
Published 8 months ago by johnboy55
An old favorite
I've read several Hemmingway novels, and I particularly enjoyed this story, perhaps because I imagined myself on a remote Caribbean island. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Roger Weston
PUBLISHERS REVIEW [From The Dust Jacket Flaps]
For years readers have been impatiently awaiting the appearance of a major novel by Ernest Hemingway rumoured to have been left among his writings at the time of his death. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by R. A. Hylton
Hemingway can make your blood race, your heart thump, your hairs stand...
Islands in the Stream was published in 1970, 9 years after Ernest Hemingway's death. Mary Hemingway and the publisher edited and prepared the original manuscript for... Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2007 by Philip Mayo
One of the better posthumous publication
This is one of the better posthumous publications of Hemingway. It has his wonderfully distinctive style and story themes. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2006 by Spider Monkey
A thoughtful expose of pre-war Cuba and H'ways life
A book written with vivid pictures creating effects not surpassed by any author. A splendid description of a titanic struggle between man and sea and the... Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2001
The theme of life in one book
I found this book to be one of the best books I have ever read. Hemingway masterfully incorporates the theme of life in this "rollercoaster" of a book, usually going... Read more
Published on 24 July 1999
A disjointed book.
I was very disappointed by this book. Perhaps that is explained by the fact that the writer did not finish it himself. I found reading it to be a waste of my time.
Published on 4 July 1999
It's life
People do not understand all the time. It's difficult to realize and release. We know but wait. Waitting for someday or someone.
Published on 9 May 1999
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