Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creativepowers, the stories in "Winner Take Nothing" glow with the mark ofhis unique talent. Hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters,fighters, women loved, women lost: they are all here, living on theraw edge, making love, facing the inevitable reality of death. Thecharacters, the dialogue, the settings, the remarkable insightcould have come only from Hemingway's imagination. As anintroduction to his work, or as an overview of the themes hedeveloped at greater length in his novels, it is a stunninglysuccessful collection.
【作者简介】
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in1899.His father was a doctor and he was the second of sixchildren.Their home was at Oak Park,a Chicago suburb. He was passionately involved withbullfighting,big-game hunting and deep-sea fithing,and his writingreflected this.He visited Spain during the Givil War and Describedhis experiences in the bestseller,For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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