{"product_id":"across-the-river-and-into-the-trees-9780684844640","title":"Across the River and Into the Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003eSoon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant tale of a revitalizing love that is found too late--the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured American colonel inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees, \u003c\/i\u003e the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the world-weary beauty and majesty of Venice, \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e stands as Hemingway's statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Arms\u003c\/i\u003e immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOld Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, \u003ci\u003eHemingway\u003c\/i\u003e. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669140082962,"sku":"9780684844640","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5c040a0-cae7-4fe3-b9d2-ed03601e971b.jpg?v=1733756088","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/across-the-river-and-into-the-trees-9780684844640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}