Le chaud et le froid

In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo's last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving and wise. "If the function of a writer is to reveal reality," Maxwell Perkins wrote to Hemingway after reading the manuscript, "no one ever so completely performed it." Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, it stands as one of the best war novels of all time.

Pour Qui Sonne Le Glas (Le Livre De Poche)

"Le vieil homme et la mer" paraît en 1952. Ce sera le dernier livre d'Ernest Hemingway avant son suicide en 1961. Est-ce cela qui donne à cette fable à la fois dépouillée et immense comme la mer son universalité ?L'entrée d'Ernest Hemingway dans le domaine public autorise la réalisation de ces rêves d'enfance : reprendre ces textes si rares qui pour soi-même ont été une révélation de la littérature – pourquoi, parce que moi aussi je vivais devant la mer, et que j'avais le savoir des mains des pêcheurs, et la lenteur de leur parler ?Traduire c'est reprendre un texte comme du gravier, lentement. Par rapport aux autres textes d'Hemingway, presque un travail de statuaire : si peu de mots, et le tournoiement de leurs répétitions, des didascalies qui détourent les phrases comme un vitrail. Le jeu précis de miroitements entre les paroles que le vieil homme dit à haute voix pour le ciel, le poisson ou lui-même, et son monologue intérieur. Le travail comme sur du marbre entre homme et animal, et l'égalité terrible devant mort et destin.L'énorme défi de ce texte, c'est comment l'universel tient à ce rythme, et ce concret. Puis la violence de la fable, l'émergence crue de beauté qui en est le complément nécessaire, presque incestueux.Hemingway a ajouté une page, et quelle page, au livre unique et universel de notre humanité.– FB

Le vieil homme et la mer

Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is an impassioned look at the sport by one of its true aficionados. It reflects Hemingway's conviction that bullfighting was more than mere sport and reveals a rich source of inspiration for his art. The unrivaled drama of bullfighting, with its rigorous combination of athleticism and artistry, and its requisite display of grace under pressure, ignited Hemingway's imagination. Here he describes and explains the technical aspects of this dangerous ritual and "the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure classic beauty that can be produced by a man, an animal, and a piece of scarlet serge draped on a stick." Seen through his eyes, bullfighting becomes a richly choreographed ballet, with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great elegance and cunning.A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation of the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's sharp commentary on life and literature.

Mort dans l'après-midi

Un pont, dans la montagne de Castille, doit sauter; il faut couper la route à l'armée franquiste. Pour cette mission précise, Robert Jordan, jeune Américain enrôlé volontaire dans les rangs républicains, rejoint un groupe de maquisards espagnols parmi lesquels se trouvent deux femmes : la terrible Pilar et la tendre Maria pour laquelle Jordan va immédiatement éprouver une vive passion.L'amour suspendra le temps, éloignera la solitude et fera oublier la mort.

Pour qui sonne le glas

1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteer and the men and women he meets in Italy with total conviction. But A Farewell to Arms is not only a novel of war. In it Hemingway has also created a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion.

L'ADIEU AUX ARMES

The killers ; and other short stories

Le Chaud et le froid

This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses — specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.

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