![]() Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library. Determined to spend a weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate a visit to his old haunts in Venice. Richard Cantwell, haunted by the war, is a bona fide hero who faces news of his illness with stoic disregard. In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. About Across the River and Into the Trees In post WW2 Venice Italy, American Army Col. A poignant tale of a revitalizing love that is found too latethe fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured American colonel inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead. Panned by critics on its publication, it is now recognized as an important part of the Hemingway canon for its depiction of how man deals with death. First UK Edition Hemingway wrote Across the River and into the Trees in 1948-49 after having met the 19-year-old Adriana. Originally serialized in Cosmopolitan magazine from February to June 1950, Across the River and into the Trees takes its title from the last words uttered by Confederate General Thomas J. A bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the world-weary beauty and majesty of Venice, Across the River and into the Trees stands as Hemingways statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War. Across the River and into the Trees is the moving account of one man's thoughts as he nears the end of his life, pondering a love that is stronger than reason and the beauty of Venice. On the last day of his life Colonel Richard Cantwell sits in a duck blind in Trieste, reflecting on his life as a soldier and reminiscing about his tryst with a young Venetian woman named Renata. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. ![]()
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