Across the river and into the trees / Ernest Hemingway.
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TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1996Description: 283 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0684825538 [paperback]Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Fiction | Americans--Italy--Fiction | Italy--FictionSummary: 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 is revitalizes the man's 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 inexirable shadow of what must come.
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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 is revitalizes the man's 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 inexirable shadow of what must come.
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