a fairly cynical book with regards to war
an excellent example of the simple, terse prose style that made Hemingway famous
a novel with little symbolism compared to other works, but one very strong beacon of it is in Hemingway's use of rain
a religious novel, and Catholic
a tale of love between an ambulance driver and a nurse during World War I
a tear-jerking, heartbreaking romance that gets into the heart of it's readers
a wartime romance set during World War I in Italy