Islands in the Stream
Author: Ernest Hemingway
A LATER CLASSIC FROM AMERICA’S PREMIER FICTION WRITER First published in 1970, nine years after Hemingway’s death, this is the story of an artist and adventurer — a man much like Hemingway himself. Beginning in the 1930s, Islands in the Stream follows the fortunes of Thomas Hudson, from his experiences as a painter on the Gulf Stream island of Bimini through his antisubm….Read More
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