"A Farewell to Arms!" is a novel about love during war, about the desire to live and be loved in spite of everything.
World War I. American Frederick Henry volunteers to serve in the Italian army. He is a lieutenant in the medical service and practically does not see the war. The monotonous everyday life is diversified by gatherings with comrades in the regiment, drinking parties and trips to the officers' brothel. One day, Frederick's friend and roommate, the surgeon Rinaldi, introduces him to the nurses of a British hospital. He himself decides to hit on one of them, the Englishwoman Catherine Barkley, but she shows more sympathy for Frederick. Catherine is also a volunteer; her fiancé died in France. Their mutual interest - partly born of loneliness and mental trauma - gradually develops into a love affair.
After being wounded by shelling, Henry is taken to hospital with a severe leg wound. He is taken from the front lines and taken to a field hospital, from where he is then sent to Milan, where he will undergo surgery and rehabilitation. In Milan, Frederick is sent to a newly opened American hospital, and Catherine Barkley is also transferred to the same hospital. They are reunited with Frederick, and it turns out that they have the most serious feelings for each other, but the relationship must be hidden from others.
Returning to the front, Henry witnesses and participates in the catastrophic retreat of the Italians from Caporetto, but he fails to escape, and the military police arrest him for desertion. Seeing no other way out, Frederick jumps into the water and, hiding, reaches Milan. He has decided to end the war once and for all. In Milan, he reunites with Catherine, finding short-lived happiness.
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Year of issue: 2025
Publisher: Eksmo
Cover type: soft cover
Pages: 320
Dimensions:
200x126x17 mm
ISBN: 978-5-04-206244-5