The First Forty Nine Stories

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  Ernest Hemingway = best short story writer ever. Period.

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  il Ciri said on Jun 26, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Only a few stories I've liked. I hate the repetitive dialogues. I can't follow the musings of most of the characters, they look inconsequential. Three stars only for the 8 or 9 really good ones, among which, for example, After the Storm, Fifty Grand, and The Undefeated. I didn't ... (continue)

  Only a few stories I've liked. I hate the repetitive dialogues. I can't follow the musings of most of the characters, they look inconsequential. Three stars only for the 8 or 9 really good ones, among which, for example, After the Storm, Fifty Grand, and The Undefeated. I didn't like The Snows of Kilimanjaro, as it is unnatural and deliberate.

  Overall, I prefer some novels mush more than these stories.

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  sturmer said on Jul 31, 2010 about the Leather Bound edition | Add your feedback

• A canon for short stories. I re-read The Snows of Kilimangiaro every year.

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  Daniela Vladimirova said on Oct 5, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 480 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0099339218
• ISBN-13: 9780099339212
• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Pub date: Dec 01, 1994
• Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Leather Bound
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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