Islands in the Stream
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Islands in the Stream
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Islands in the Stream
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Hemingway’s last major novel, set in the Gulf Stream islands, captures the struggles of adult personal relationships in his consummate distinctive style.
This is the last book Hemingway wrote before he died, the story of Thomas Hudson, an artist and adventurer.
Ernest Hemingway's last novel written before his death and his most autobiographical novel.
Islands in the Stream is Ernest Hemingway's last novel written before his death and his most autobiographical.
Hemingway's last major novel, set in the Gulf Stream islands, captures the struggles of adult personal relationships in his consummate distinctive style.
'He knew too what it was to live through a hurricane'
This is the last book Hemingway wrote before he died, the story of Thomas Hudson, an artist and adventurer. Living a bachelor's life on an island in the Gulf Stream during the thirties, Hudson's existence is dictated by the waves and tides. But when his sons come to visit, Hudson must grapple with the role of father and the unfamiliar demands of family.
A late work by one of America's greatest writers.
'Hemingway's most deeply autobiographical piece of work' Irish Times
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Islands in the Stream is praised as Hemingway's most autobiographical work, blending tender emotions with a raw depiction of brutality. Renowned for some of Hemingway's most thrilling writing, it contains vivid natural descriptions and a deeply personal exploration of love and loss.

Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781784872045
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 July 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 367g
Pages: 464
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About the Author
Ernest Hemingway was born in Chicago in 1899, the second of six children. In 1917, he joined the Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. The following year, he volunteered as an ambulance driver on the Italian front, where he was badly wounded but decorated for his services. He returned to America in 1919, and married in 1921. In 1922, he reported on the Greco-Turkish war before resigning from journalism to devote himself to fiction. He settled in Paris, associating with other expatriates like Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. He was passionately involved with bullfighting, big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing. Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, following the publication of The Old Man and the Sea. He died in 1961.
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