Across the River and into the Trees
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Across the River and into the Trees is Hemingway’s powerful, poignant story of the inability to capture lost youth.The War is just over. In Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls passionately in love with Renata, a young Italian countess who has ‘a profile that could break your or anyone else’s heart’. Cantrel….Read More
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