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E-kniha Ernest Hemingway: Hemingway’s Short Stories
Anotace
This collection contains 17 short stories by E. Hemingway: One Trip Across, The Tradesman’s Return, Nobody Ever Dies, The Good Lion, The Faithful Bull, Get a Seeing-Eyed Dog, A Man of The World, Summer People, The Last Good Country, An African Story, Three Shots, The Indians Moved Away, Crossing The Mississippi, Night Before Landing, Nick Sat Against The Wall…, Wedding Day, On Writing.
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Ernest Hemingway[21.7.1899-2.7.1961] Americký prozaik, žurnalista a esejista, autor moderního románu a povídky. Ernest Miller Hemingway se narodil v Oak Parku (Illinois). Psal převážně o mužích vedoucích nebezpečný způsob života (např. o vojácích, rybářích a lovcích), respektive o toreadorech provozujících býčí zápasy. Jeho díla jsou oslavou jejich odvahy, ale také sondou do jejich psychologie a do pozadí jejich skutků. Pod vlivem modernistických...
Ernest Hemingway: životopis, dílo, citáty
CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI
The Kansas City train stopped at a siding just east of the Mississippi River and Nick looked out at the road that was half a foot deep with dust. There was nothing in sight but the road and a few dust-grayed trees. A wagon lurched along through the ruts, the driver slouching with the jolts of his spring seat and letting the reins hang slack on the horses’ backs.
Nick looked at the wagon and wondered where it was going, whether the driver lived near the Mississippi and whether he ever went fishing. The wagon lurched out of sight up the road and Nick thought of the World Series game going on in New York. He thought of Happy Felsch’s home run in the first game he had watched at the White Sox Park, Slim Solee swinging far forward, his knee nearly touching the ground and the white dot of the ball on its far trajectory toward the green fence at center field, Felsch, his head down, tearing for the stuffed white square at first base and then the exulting roar from the spectators as the ball landed in a knot of scrambling fans in the open bleachers.
As the train started and the dusty trees and brown road commenced to move past, the magazine vendor came swaying down the aisle.
“Got any dope on the Series?” Nick asked him.
“White Sox won the final game,” the news butche…
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