{"product_id":"across-the-river-and-into-the-trees-9780684825533","title":"Across the River and Into the Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant tale of a revitalizing love that is found too late--the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured American colonel inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees, \u003c\/i\u003e the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the world-weary beauty and majesty of Venice, \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e stands as Hemingway's statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-150636\"\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684825533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0684825538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Arms\u003c\/i\u003e immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOld Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, \u003ci\u003eHemingway\u003c\/i\u003e. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701218480365,"sku":"9780684825533","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cc6b6b5a-f78d-45e1-a40b-4843cf20ddd0.jpg?v=1649946297","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/across-the-river-and-into-the-trees-9780684825533","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}