Men Without Women (short story collection)
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| Author | Ernest Hemingway |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
Publication date | 1927 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| OCLC | 564429937 |
Men Without Women (1927) is the second collection of short stories written by American author Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961). The volume consists of fourteen stories, ten of which had been previously published in magazines. The story subjects include bullfighting, infidelity, divorce, and death. "The Killers", "Hills Like White Elephants", and "In Another Country" are considered to be among Hemingway's best work.[1] It was published in October 1927 with a first print-run of approximately 7600 copies at $2.[2]
The volume includes the following stories:
- "The Undefeated"
- "In Another Country"
- "Hills Like White Elephants"
- "The Killers"
- "Che Ti Dice La Patria?"
- "Fifty Grand"
- "A Simple Enquiry"
- "Ten Indians"
- "A Canary for One"
- "An Alpine Idyll"
- "A Pursuit Race"
- "Today is Friday"
- "Banal Story"
- "Now I Lay Me"
Notes
- ↑ Meyers 1985, pp. 195–196
- ↑ Oliver, pp. 218–218
References
- Baker, Carlos (1972). Hemingway: The Writer as Artist (4th ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01305-5.
- Flora, Joseph M. (2008) "Reading Hemingway's Men Without Women." Kent, OH: The Kent State UP.
- Meyers, Jeffrey (1985). Hemingway: A Biography. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-42126-4.
- Mellow, James R. (1992). Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences. New York: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-37777-3.
- Oliver, Charles M. (1999). Ernest Hemingway A to Z: The Essential Reference to the Life and Work. New York: Checkmark. ISBN 0-8160-3467-2.
