{"product_id":"across-the-river-and-into-the-trees","title":"Across the River and into the Trees","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErnest Hemingway's most misunderstood novel is a haunting, elegiac meditation on love, war, and the dignity of facing death head-on. Set in the winter chill of postwar Venice, it follows Colonel Richard Cantwell, a fifty-year-old American officer with a failing heart, through the final three days of his life \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?curid=1516234\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe colonel spends his last hours in the city he loves, reuniting with Renata, a beautiful eighteen-year-old Venetian countess who offers him solace and a fleeting taste of youth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.supersummary.com\/across-the-river-and-into-the-trees\/summary\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As he drinks in Harry's Bar, dines at the Gritti Hotel, and hunts ducks in the cold lagoons, his mind drifts back through the battlefields of two world wars—from the trenches of World War I to the bloody campaigns of World War II \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?curid=1516234\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He talks of friends lost, honors earned, and the crushing weight of command. Through conversations with Renata, he confronts his mortality not with despair, but with the stoic grace of a soldier who has seen too much to fear the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Hemingway at his most reflective and vulnerable: a novel about the ghosts that haunt us, the love that redeems us, and the courage it takes to say goodbye \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ernesthemingwayofficial.com\/across-the-river-and-into-the-trees\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Though critics initially dismissed it as the work of a tired writer, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is now recognized as a crucial bridge to the masterpieces that followed—a raw, unflinching portrait of a man who, like Hemingway himself, refused to go quietly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/The+stones+of+Venice%2c+time%2c+and+remembrance%3a+calculus+and+proust+in...-a0105518229\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/soa\/cIRcle\/collections\/ubctheses\/831\/items\/1.0100231\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 1950, Hemingway's first novel in a decade following the acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?curid=1516234\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpent seven weeks at number one on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller list \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?curid=1516234\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA deeply autobiographical work exploring the lasting trauma of war, the ache of lost time, and the search for peace \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/soa\/cIRcle\/collections\/ubctheses\/831\/items\/1.0100231\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.supersummary.com\/across-the-river-and-into-the-trees\/summary\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the hardest battle is learning to let go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1899–1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, he served as an ambulance driver on the Italian front in World War I, an experience that shaped much of his work and his lifelong fascination with Italy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was written in Italy, Cuba, and France in the late 1940s, a period of personal turmoil for Hemingway \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/names\/no2019165992.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Though the novel received mixed reviews, it was a commercial success and marked an important transition in his career, leading directly to the triumphant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1952). Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He died by suicide in 1961 and is buried in Ketchum, Idaho.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54581818556788,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54581818589556,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54581818622324,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54581818655092,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-across-the-river-and-into-the-trees-53743904981364.png?v=1779965597","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/across-the-river-and-into-the-trees","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}