00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Hemingway, Ernest aut Verfasser/-in fiction spirit love story World war II. sick Venice LOVE tragedy American Shelves dream future Nobel Prize winning author man hopeless italy CLASSIC Military Across the river and into the trees Ernest Hemingway New York Scribner 2003 First Set in Venice at the close of World War II, Across the River and into the Trees is the bittersweet story of a middle-aged American colonel, scarred by war and in failing health, who finds love with a young Italian countess at the very moment when his life is becoming a physical hardship to him. It is a love so overpowering and spontaneous that it revitalizes the man's spirit and encourages him to dream of a future, even though he knows that there can be no hope for long. Spanning a matter of hours, Across the River and into the Trees is tender and moving, yet tragic in the inexorable shadow of what must come. 9780684825533 9780684825533 0684825538 0684825538 eng Band 283 Seiten