About the book: 1972 / The acquaintance of the Russian reader with the work of E. Hemingway began in 1934. The writer himself characterized his work as helping people through the merciless truth about life. The writer wanted to penetrate into the very essence of phenomena, understand the sequence of facts and actions that evoke certain feelings, and write about this phenomenon in such a way that it would remain effective after a year or ten years. The book included stories, the novel “A Farewell to Arms” !”, the play “The Fifth Column” and the story “The Old Man and the Sea”. Translation from English. Introductory article and notes by B. Gribanov. Illustrations by O. Vereisky.