In Our Time
War changes everything-not just cities and governments, but the very fabric of human emotion. In this groundbreaking collection, vignettes and stories collide to capture the trauma of a generation scarred by violence, alienation, and disillusionment. The fragmented structure mirrors the inner life of those who return from battle to find themselves strangers in their own homes. With each page, the collection unfolds like a mosaic: scenes of wartime horror, quiet moments of domestic fracture, the awkward stillness between generations. A soldier tries to speak of his wounds but cannot. A boy learns of death through the eyes of nature. A man fishes in silence, seeking clarity in water that reflects nothing but his own loneliness. Rather than rely on plot or action, the stories draw their power from what remains unsaid. Here, language is a tool of restraint, not embellishment. The silence between characters becomes the truest expression of fear, pain, and regret. This is more than a series of stories-it is a vision of an era, and a mirror held up to our most intimate moments of crisis. In a voice as clear as a gunshot, these narratives demand that we confront the emotional wreckage left in war's wake-and what little is left to hold onto when the dust finally settles.
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In Our Time
War changes everything-not just cities and governments, but the very fabric of human emotion. In this groundbreaking collection, vignettes and stories collide to capture the trauma of a generation scarred by violence, alienation, and disillusionment. The fragmented structure mirrors the inner life of those who return from battle to find themselves strangers in their own homes. With each page, the collection unfolds like a mosaic: scenes of wartime horror, quiet moments of domestic fracture, the awkward stillness between generations. A soldier tries to speak of his wounds but cannot. A boy learns of death through the eyes of nature. A man fishes in silence, seeking clarity in water that reflects nothing but his own loneliness. Rather than rely on plot or action, the stories draw their power from what remains unsaid. Here, language is a tool of restraint, not embellishment. The silence between characters becomes the truest expression of fear, pain, and regret. This is more than a series of stories-it is a vision of an era, and a mirror held up to our most intimate moments of crisis. In a voice as clear as a gunshot, these narratives demand that we confront the emotional wreckage left in war's wake-and what little is left to hold onto when the dust finally settles.
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In Our Time

In Our Time

by Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time

In Our Time

by Ernest Hemingway

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Overview

War changes everything-not just cities and governments, but the very fabric of human emotion. In this groundbreaking collection, vignettes and stories collide to capture the trauma of a generation scarred by violence, alienation, and disillusionment. The fragmented structure mirrors the inner life of those who return from battle to find themselves strangers in their own homes. With each page, the collection unfolds like a mosaic: scenes of wartime horror, quiet moments of domestic fracture, the awkward stillness between generations. A soldier tries to speak of his wounds but cannot. A boy learns of death through the eyes of nature. A man fishes in silence, seeking clarity in water that reflects nothing but his own loneliness. Rather than rely on plot or action, the stories draw their power from what remains unsaid. Here, language is a tool of restraint, not embellishment. The silence between characters becomes the truest expression of fear, pain, and regret. This is more than a series of stories-it is a vision of an era, and a mirror held up to our most intimate moments of crisis. In a voice as clear as a gunshot, these narratives demand that we confront the emotional wreckage left in war's wake-and what little is left to hold onto when the dust finally settles.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789359916200
Publisher: Rustam Prakashan
Publication date: 05/16/2025
Pages: 34
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.08(d)

About the Author

About The Author

Ernest Hemingway

did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel The Old Man and the Sea 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, Hemingway. 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.

Date of Birth:

July 21, 1899

Date of Death:

July 2, 1961

Place of Birth:

Oak Park, Illinois

Place of Death:

Ketchum, Idaho

Table of Contents

Indian Camp 
The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife 
The End of Something 
The Three-Day Blow 
The Battler 
A Very Short Story 
Soldier’s Home 
The Revolutionist 
Mr. and Mrs. Elliot 
Cat in the Rain 
Out of Season 
Cross-Country Snow 
My Old Man 
Big Two-Hearted River: Part I 
Big Two-Hearted River: Part II 
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