Hemingway's last major novel, set in the Gulf Stream islands, captures the struggles of adult personal relationships in his consummate distinctive style. 'He knew too what it was to live through a hurricane' This is the last book Hemingway wrote before he died, the story of Thomas Hudson, an artist and adventurer. Living a bachelor's life on an island in the Gulf Stream during the thirties, Hudson's existence is dictated by the waves and tides. But when his sons come to visit, Hudson must grapple with the role of father and ...
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Hemingway's last major novel, set in the Gulf Stream islands, captures the struggles of adult personal relationships in his consummate distinctive style. 'He knew too what it was to live through a hurricane' This is the last book Hemingway wrote before he died, the story of Thomas Hudson, an artist and adventurer. Living a bachelor's life on an island in the Gulf Stream during the thirties, Hudson's existence is dictated by the waves and tides. But when his sons come to visit, Hudson must grapple with the role of father and the unfamiliar demands of family. A late work by one of America's greatest writers. 'Hemingway's most deeply autobiographical piece of work' Irish Times
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Very good in fair dust jacket. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Book is in very good condition. No marks or stains but pages are slightly tanned. Dust jacket is in acceptable condition, has some wear and minor tears around edges. Binding and spine are intact and tight.
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Good in fair dust jacket. Good+, pages are clean, though lightly foxed on the edges; boards are bumped at the spine and there is a dimple; dust jacket is chipped/rubbed and there are several small closed tears. 466 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has small chips; cover shows very light wear around edges, some rubbing but edges still sharp; previous owner's bookplate inside front cover; no marks, pages clean and bright. Green cloth over boards, gilt printing on cover and spine, black printing on spine; endpaper maps. 466 p. Dust jacket identical to that of 1st printing: $10.00 list price on front flap, "A Book-Of-The-Month Club Selection" at bottom of front flap, and author's works printed on verso.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0684102439. Fine original book club ed. Tight clean book. Free of former owner writing or bookplates, minor shelf rub to edges. Non price clipped ($10. 00) DJ. About fine jacket has minor rub to edges. Same quality and appearence as the first trade ed. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. The uncommon bomc Clifton Fadiman report reprint on this title has been laid in the book. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Small water stain to side text block with slight edge wear. Dust jacket has 2 one inch closed tears to rear panel, edge wear to 3 corners and half inch closed tear to top of spine of DJ. Original $10.00 price is... Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. 466 pages
Barely readable even for Hemingway fans. Thomas Hudson is a stoic drunk, grandiose as patrol captain in "At Sea," self-satisfied as barfly in "Cuba," occasional humanistic 3 dimensional father in "Bimini" revealing sensitivity and vulnerability of early Hem persona only rarely. Some descriptive pages worthwhile only if dialogue generally ignored. Entire book would have been more wisely edited to a brief article or short story. All that said, you'll want the book if only to complete your collection.
Richard K
May 2, 2013
wonderful - perfect
The book was just perfect. The packaging was the best I've ever experienced. A great deal fo care went into the shipping of this book.
TJS111
Sep 18, 2008
Classic Hemingway
When you are required to read Hemingway in college, you're usually between 18 and 22 years of age. I know I did not have a great appreciation for the depth of his talent until much, much later. I think the older you are, the more meaningful and relevant he becomes. The depth of his experience and detail of narrative style is astonishing. "Islands in the Stream" follows the life of an artist, a painter and his family in the Gulf Stream Islands from the boys' teen years in the thirties until World War II. Events are tragic, true to life, heroic and petty, funny and moving. This is a truly great book.
