{"product_id":"the-torrents-of-spring","title":"The Torrents of Spring","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe spring that turned Hemingway into a satirist and a literary free agent.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErnest Hemingway's second published work is a hilarious and biting parody of the Chicago school of literature, written in just ten days as a deliberate spoof of Sherwood Anderson's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Laughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Subtitled \"A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race,\" this novella marked Hemingway's first long work and served as the unlikely key that freed him from his publishing contract with Boni \u0026amp; Liveright, allowing him to sign with Scribner's, where he would publish \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e later the same year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in the small towns of northern Michigan, the story follows two men working at a pump factory: Scripps O'Neil, a writer whose wife and daughter have mysteriously abandoned him, and Yogi Johnson, a World War I veteran who finds himself strangely indifferent to women as spring approaches. Scripps, desperate for companionship, marries a British waitress named Diana, only to leave her for another, Mandy, whose fabricated literary anecdotes captivate him. Yogi, meanwhile, wanders into a Native American men's club and falls in love with a woman who enters a restaurant wearing only moccasins. The plot, like much of the book, is deliberately absurd, and deliberately funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Hemingway at his most irreverent and unguarded: a young writer lampooning the very literary establishment that had nurtured him, mocking the styles of D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, John Dos Passos, and Gertrude Stein along the way. F. Scott Fitzgerald called it \"the best comic book ever written by an American.\" Hadley Richardson, Hemingway's first wife, found it \"nasty.\" John Dos Passos thought it funny but worried about the consequences. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Torrents of Spring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is slight, savage, and surprisingly delightful—a rare glimpse into Hemingway's early career as a storyteller and stylist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHemingway's first long work, written in ten days and published in 1926\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA brilliant parody of Sherwood Anderson's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Laughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the Chicago school of literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssential reading for Hemingway completists and anyone interested in the literary feuds of the Lost Generation\u003c\/span\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 sometimes the best way to honor a friend is to mock him mercilessly.\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. After the war, he moved to Paris, where he became part of the \"Lost Generation\" expatriate community. His major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1926), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Farewell to Arms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1929), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1940), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1952), which won the Pulitzer Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. 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