{"product_id":"a-farewell-to-arms-9780593688656","title":"A Farewell to Arms","description":"\u003cb\u003eHemingway's masterpiece is not only one of the best novels we have about World War I but is also a tender, haunting love story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErnest Hemingway drew from his own war experiences when he crafted this remarkable story of an American ambulance driver serving on the Italian front and his love for a beautiful English nurse. The novel, Hemingway's first best seller, is marked by vivid depictions of the horrors of the battlefield--but also by the heartrending vicissitudes of a passionate affair of the heart between his protagonists, Frederic and Catherine, leading up to a tragic ending that is all the more powerful for its famously understated expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961) was born in Illinois and began his career as a reporter before enlisting as an ambulance driver at the Italian front in World War I. Hemingway and his first (of four) wives lived in Paris in the 1920s, as part of the \"Lost Generation\" exapatriate community, before moving to Key West, Florida, and later to Cuba. Known first for short stories, his literary reputation was further enhanced by his novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Arms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer\u003c\/b\u003e AMANDA VAILL is the author of \u003ci\u003eHotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEverybody Was So Young\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eSeaman Schepps\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSomewhere\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received a Guggenheim Fellowship. She has written on arts and culture for \u003ci\u003eNew York, Esquire, Ballet Review, Architectural Digest, Town \u0026amp; Country, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877999087890,"sku":"9780593688656","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ea957fb-d50f-4b5a-98a1-a4fb5f9f1d38.jpg?v=1774963382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-farewell-to-arms-9780593688656","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}