{"product_id":"2940170654871","title":"Across the River and Into the Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbig\u003eHEMINGWAY'S POIGNANT TALE OF A LOVE FOUND TOO LATE\u003c\/big\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Set in Venice at the close of World War II, \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e is the bittersweet story of a middle-aged American colonel, scarred by war and in failing health, who finds love with a young Italian countess at the very moment when his life is becoming a physical hardship to him. It is a love so overpowering and spontaneous that it revitalizes the man's spirit and encourages him to dream of a future, even though he knows that there can be no hope for long. Spanning a matter of hours, \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e is tender and moving, yet tragic in the inexorable shadow of what must come. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer in the twentieth century, and for his efforts he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Hemingway wrote in short, declarative sentences and was known for his tough, terse prose. Publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Arms\u003c\/i\u003e immediately established Ernest Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. As part of the expatriate community in 1920s Paris, the former journalist and World War I ambulance driver began a career that lead to international fame. Hemingway was an aficionado of bullfighting and big-game hunting, and his main protagonists were always men and women of courage and conviction, who suffered unseen scars, both physical and emotional. He covered the Spanish Civil War, portraying it in fiction in his brilliant novel \u003ci\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/i\u003e, and he subsequently covered World War II. His classic novella \u003ci\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. He died in 1961.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115494916336,"sku":"2940170654871","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170654871_p0.jpg?v=1763807928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170654871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}