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Can't quite explain what it was that I liked about this story. Hemingway's minimalist writing style is something that is right up my alley...the implied scene connections, quick fire adjectives, excessive use of the word "and." I was at ease reading through all of it. This is a WWI story that has so little to do with WWI. A volunteer ambulance driver sits with his mates and hypothesizes about the goings on in the war; yet none of them are directly involved in the fighting. The one thing they do
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I've read this novel several times over the past 40 years but decided it was time to reread it. It is a brilliant book and deserves its reputation as a stylistic tour de force. Hemingway has his critics and I understand some of the criticisms but freely acknowledge that I am a big fan. He writes with clarity and power and no one tells a better story IMO. This is not my favorite book by Hemingway but it is very good. It's so good that I intend to reread "For Whom the Bell Tolls," which is my favo
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Hated this when I read it in high school. Maybe I would like it now. Don't care enough to reread it.
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