false 4633 24 First published nine years after Ernest Hemingway's death, <I>Islands in the Stream</I> is the story of an artist & adventurer--a man much like the author. Rich with the uncanny sense of life & action characteristic of his writing--from his earliest stories <I>(In Our Time)</I> to his last novella <I>(The Old Man & the Sea)</I>--this compelling novel contains both the warmth of recollection that inspired <I>A Moveable Feast</I> & a rare glimpse of Hemingway's rich & relaxed sense of humor, which enlivens scene after scene.<P>Beginning in the 1930s, <I>Islands in the Stream</I> follows the fortunes of Thomas Hudson from his experiences as a painter on the Gulf Stream island of Bimini, where his loneliness is broken by the vacation visit of his three young sons, to his antisubmarine activities off the coast of Cuba during World War II. The greater part of the story takes place in a Havana bar, where a wildly diverse cast of characters--including an aging prostitute who stands out as one of Hemingway's most vivid creations--engages in incomparably rich dialog. A brilliant portrait of the inner life of a complex & intriguing man, <I>Islands in the Stream</I> is Hemingway at his mature best. 1153954 book 1970 Islands in the Stream : A Novel total:1431|5:361|4:444|3:463|2:133|1:30| 1431 5266 1922 109 3 4 false false Sun Aug 24 05:01:55 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 05:17:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 07:23:13 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 14:50:45 -0800 2008
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before i experienced a loss, i was drawn to stories of loss... this is the best of them.

the greatest love story ever written.]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Mar 15 06:26:12 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 06:28:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 15:21:29 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 15:47:53 -0700 2009 The second part, Cuba, had moments that were pure and good. The w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 18:38:32 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 18:51:42 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 0 0 false true Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 20:56:23 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:04:21 -0700 2009

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"He had never been truly irresponsible; but he had been undisciplined, selfish, and ruthless. He knew this now, not only because many women had told it to him; but because h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Sep 01 17:01:25 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:05:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 08:19:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 08:50:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jul 05 11:01:59 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 22:15:57 -0700 2007
Islands in the Stream is not one of Ernest Hemingway’s better books, unfortunately. But I won’t dock him any points because he never actually published it in his lifetime (he probably felt the same way). It definitely has a lot of the elements of a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 13 15:47:24 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 13 17:23:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 20 16:42:38 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 18:25:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 05:45:03 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 21:16:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 08:19:44 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 13:54:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 09:38:23 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 09:44:23 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 07:01:50 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 06:08:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Dec 17 19:44:43 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 19:46:31 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Feb 11 17:29:14 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:30:15 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Dec 31 09:20:08 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 10 09:58:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 09:47:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:48:12 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4633