In Our Time: Stories

* The stunning literary debut of Ernest Hemingway * 'If you've missed it, you missed some of the finest writing he's done' THE NEW YORKER * 'In this book, IN OUR TIME, Ernest Hemingway has invented a pounding prose as forceful as a pile driver and at the same time exact as a thousandth of an inch' JOHN DOS PASSOS * This 2021 Spitfire Publishers reissue is set from the original 1925 first edition published by Boni & Liveright (New York) , avoiding the typesetting errors introduced in subsequent editions and anthologies of Hemingway's short fiction IN OUR TIMES is a collection of fifteen short stories published in 1925 which first established Ernest Hemingway as a major new literary talent. Hemingway's first collection of short fiction centers on subjects such as the World War I, bullfighting and horse-racing and includes two of his best-known Nick Adams stories, INDIAN CAMP and BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER. Adams would feature as the protagonist of two dozen short stories and vignettes written in the 1920s and 1930s by Hemingway. and was partly inspired by the author's own experiences, from his summers in Northern Michigan at his family cottage to his service in the Red Cross ambulance corps in World War I. Includes: INDIAN CAMP; THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR'S WIFE; THE END OF SOMETHING; THE THREE DAY BLOW; THE BATTLER; A VERY SHORT STORY; SOLDIER'S HOME; THE REVOLUTIONIST; MR. AND MRS. ELLIOT; CAT IN THE RAIN; OUT OF SEASON; CROSS COUNTRY SNOW; MY OLD MAN; BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER (PART I & II) . ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ernest Hemingway, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was one of America's most celebrated writers. Born in Illinois in 1899, he began his career as a reporter before serving as an ambulance driver in the First World War. Known first for short stories, his literary reputation was further enhanced by his novels, including THE SUN ALSO RISES (1926) , A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1929) , FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1940) , and THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (1952) . He died in 1961.