Across the river and into the trees - ernest hemingway

The last of Hemingways full-length novels to be published during his lifetime.

Across the River and into the Trees is a poignant love story set in Venice during World War II.

Taking place over a period of only hours, this tender and moving novel conjures up the magic of Venice--the canals, the bars, and the cosmopolitan hotel life--and captures in Hemingways inimitable voice the tragedies of war on their most personal level.

HEMINGWAYS POIGNANT TALE OF A LOVE FOUND TOO LATE Set in Venice at the close of World War II, Across the River and into the Trees is the bittersweet story of a middle-aged American colonel, scarred by war and in failing health, who finds love with a young Italian countess at the very moment when his life is becoming a physical hardship to him.

It is a love so overpowering and spontaneous that it revitalizes the mans spirit and encourages him to dream of a future, even though he knows that there can be no hope for long.

Spanning a matter of hours, Across the River and into the Trees is tender and moving, yet tragic in the inexorable shadow of what must come.