Across The River And Into The Trees

By Ernest Hemingway

HEMINGWAY'S POIGNANT story OF A LOVE discovered TOO LATE
Set in Venice on the shut of worldwide battle II, Across the River and into the Trees is the bittersweet tale of a middle-aged American colonel, scarred by way of battle and in failing healthiness, who unearths love with a tender Italian countess on the very second whilst his existence is changing into a actual trouble to him. it's a love so overpowering and spontaneous that it revitalizes the man's spirit and encourages him to dream of a destiny, although he is familiar with that there will be no wish for lengthy. Spanning an issue of hours, Across the River and into the Trees is delicate and relocating, but tragic within the inexorable shadow of what needs to come.

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