A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Armistice Day is not far off, so I have started reading A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, which was given away a while back as part of The Independent Newspaper’s Banned Books series.
This was Hemingway’s second novel and is based on his real life experiences during World War I. It tells the story of an American ambulance driver named Fredrick Henry who is helping the Italians during World War I, who falls in love with a beautiful British nurse named Catherine Barkley.His actions lead to him being alienated from the extremists on his own side so he flees to be with his beloved Catherine, sadly tragedy is not far away…
“Grace under Pressure” was Hemingway’s definition of human courage & This novel portrays courage in many guises – courage to love, to fight, to survive & the courage to give up everything for the woman you love.
