"A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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This morning I finished reading Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. About four years ago I listened to an audio version of this novel. I remember I was riding the bus to work when I came to the end of the book. I'm pretty sure I spent the rest of the day depressed.
The beautiful thing about this book is not how it makes you feel, but how powerful it is in making you feel what the author intends you to feel. You don't get a lot of comfort from most of Hemingway's writings. They reveal the raw, brutal world of humanity in which lonely souls drift, seeking happiness amidst the unavoidable death and suffering that await us all....
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