Goodbye, weapons.

Author: Hemingway
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book is based on Hemingway's own war experiences, with war and love as the main themes, singing a poignant and moving elegy. It has been adapted into films many times and is considered a classic masterpiece of modern literature. A Farewell to Arms is one of the main works of American Nobel Prize winner Hemingway. Frederick Henry, a young American, volunterred for the Red Cross during World War I, driving an ambulance on the Italian front. While on a mission, Henry was injured by artillery fire and received dedicated care from British nurse Catherine during his recovery in Milan. The two fell deeply in love. After recovering, Henry returned to the front and witnessed the cruelty of war while retreating with the Italian army. He, and after meeting Catherine, they fled to Switzerland. However, Catherine died in childbirth. Based on his own war experiences, Hemingway, with war and love as the main themes, sang a poignant and moving elegy that has been adapted into films many times and is considered a classic masterpiece of modern literature.