In Our Time

Name: In Our Time
ISBN: 9781649742254

Ernest Hemingway

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · October 9, 2023

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Who it’s for: A lean collection where loss and separation meet Hemingway’s instantly arresting prose.
Themes: Loss and grief, Separation, Alienation
Genres: Short Stories (Single Author), American Literary Collections, 20th-Century American Fiction

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About this book

In Our Time has a curious history in that Earnest Hemingway released it in at least three different versions. The first edition (the 1924 Paris edition) was commissioned by Ezra Pound for Three Mountains Press and contains six prose vignettes. The collection explores loss, grief, separation, and alienation—topics Hemingway would never leave behind. Until Ezra Pound asked him to write this collection, Hemingway was primarily a writer of non-fiction.

This collection would forever change that. Hemingway’s sparse style attracted attention immediately. The face of American fiction would never be the same.

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A lean collection where loss and separation meet Hemingway’s instantly arresting prose.

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Short fiction shaped by grief, alienation, and separation
A landmark moment in Hemingway’s move into fiction

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Sparse prose that leaves room for reflection
A collection with a curious publication history

Where it sits

Short Stories (Single Author)	73%
20th-Century American Fiction	37%
American Literary Collections	32%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

Literary Fiction
20th-Century Historical Romance
Short Stories (Single Author)

Authors: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: October 9, 2023
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Loss and grief · Separation · Alienation
Reading lane: Literary Fiction