Hemingway's last major novel, set in the Gulf Stream islands, captures the struggles of adult personal relationships in his consummate distinctive style.This is the last book Hemingway wrote before he died, the story of Thomas Hudson, an artist and adventurer. Living a bachelor's life on an island in the Gulf Stream during the thirties, Hudson's existence is dictated by the waves and tides.
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Islands in the Stream First published in 1970, nine years after Ernest Hemingway's death, Islands in the Stream is the story of an artist and adventurer - a man much like Hemingway himself. Rich with the uncanny sense of life and action characteristic of his writing - from his earliest stories (In Our Time) to his last novella (The Old Man and the Sea) - this compelling novel contains. Islands in the Stream was the first of the posthumously published works of Ernest Hemingway. It was originally intended to revive Hemingway’s reputation after the negative reviews of Across the River and Into the Trees. He began writing it in 1950 and advanced greatly through 1951.
But when his sons come to visit, Hudson must grapple with the role of father and the unfamiliar demands of family. A late work by one of America's greatest writers.
Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899. His father was a doctor and he was the second of six children. Their home was at Oak Park, a Chicago suburb.In 1917, Hemingway joined the Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. The following year, he volunteered as an ambulance driver on the Italian front, where he was badly wounded but decorated for his services. He returned to America in 1919, and married in 1921. In 1922, he reported on the Greco-Turkish war before resigning from journalism to devote himself to fiction. He settled in Paris where he renewed his earlier friendships with such fellow-American expatriates as Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein.
Their encouragement and criticism were to play a valuable part in the formation of his style.Hemingway's first two published works were Three Stories and Ten Poems and In Our Time but it was the satirical novel, The Torrents of Spring, that established his name more widely. His international reputation was firmly secured by his next three books; Fiesta, Men Without Women and A Farewell to Arms.He was passionately involved with bullfighting, big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing and his writing reflected this. He visited Spain during the Civil War and described his experiences in the bestseller, For Whom the Bell Tolls.His direct and deceptively simple style of writing spawned generations of imitators but no equals. Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, following the publication of The Old Man and the Sea. He died in 1961.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First edition of Hemingway's autobiographical novel in three parts, published posthumously. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Asprey, gilt titles and ruled to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, facsimile Hemingway signature in gilt to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original cartographic endpapers bound in back. In fine condition.
Islands in the Stream was the first of the posthumously published works of Ernest Hemingway. It was originally intended to revive Hemingway's reputation after the negative reviews of Across the River and Into the Trees. He began writing it in 1950 and advanced greatly through 1951. The work, rough but seemingly finished, was found by Mary Hemingway among 332 works Hemingway left behind at his death. Islands in the Stream was meant to encompass three stories to illustrate different stages in the life of its main character, Thomas Hudson. It was made into the 1977 film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred George C.
Scott, Hart Bochner, Claire Bloom, Gilbert Roland, and David Hemmings. Collins, London, 1970. 'First published in 1970, nine years after Hemingway's death, this is the story of an artist and adventurer - a man much like Hemingway himself.
Beginning in the 1930s, Islands in the Stream follows the fortunes of Thomas Hudson, from his experiences as a painter on the Gulf Stream island of Bimini through his antisubmarine activities off the coast of Cuba during World War II. Hemingway is at his mature best in this beguiling tale.' Info 'The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954 was awarded to Ernest Hemingway 'for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in 'The Old Man and the Sea', and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style'. Nobel Prize Info Owner's name on flyleaf (small writing) There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST UK EDITION. HEMINGWAY, Ernest. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM.
London:: Collins, 1970. First English edition, publisher's pre-publication extract (with publisher's cancel copyright label on title page)Hanneman S-27A note. White wrappers have faint tanning to extremities, very slight crease to covers and text, else a very good, bright copy.
Octavo, pictorial wrappers, 36 pages, stapled. Prints a thirty-page 'Extract' from Ernest Hemingway's novel, 'Islands in the Stream'; also prints an one-page introduction, and 'Early Clues to Islands in the Stream,' a two-page extract from 'Ernest Hemingway' (a biography) by Carlos Baker.
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Copyright date is 1970, 1st edition, coded A-9.70(V), green cloth over boards with gold lettering on the front and spine with a black background very light bump to the toe of the spine, light foxing to the top page edges, small brown stain on the inside fly leaf top right corner, no tears or bent pages, a note to previous owner on the inside second fly leaf page, D/j no tears or bent flaps, not price clipped, shelf wear to the edges and to the spine is minor, bright, clean text with a tight binding a solid collectible book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾' - 9¾' tall. Mary Hemingway worked on this edition of this book from Ernest's original manuscript. They made some cuts but she feels Ernst would have made himself.'
Islands in the Stream' was the first of the posthumously published works of Ernest Hemingway. He began writing it in 1950. The work, rough but seemingly finished, was found by Mary Hemingway after his death. 'Islands in the Stream' was meant to encompass three stories to illustrate different stages in the life of its main character, Thomas Hudson. It was made into the 1977 film was directed by Franklin J.
Schaffner and starred George C. Scott, Hart Bochner, Claire Bloom, Gilbert Roland, and David Hemmings.This is Ernest Hemingway's autobiographical novel in three parts titled 'Islands in the Stream' It is a First edition, first printing.
The Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1970. The book comes with the original dust jacket which is in very good plus condition. The Octavo, original green cloth boards are well preserved; the edges are firm; overall there is very light shelf wear. The gilt lettering on the spine is almost new and legible as is the Author's gilt signature on the front of the novel. In short, this book has not been read. This novel- is listed for up to $325.00. London: Collins; St James's, 1970.
First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg. Collins; St James's London: 1970 First Edition.
Speckled green hard boards in original unclipped dust jacket. Boards have shelf wear; spine of dust jacket faded. This edition is in very good condition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. Browned pages.
Creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.