Islands In The Stream by Ernest Hemingway
A reclusive American painter finds brief contentment on a Bahamian island with his three sons and a circle of friends, but as war darkens the horizon and personal tragedy strikes, he retreats to Havana and then to the Caribbean sea, where he commands a patrol boat hunting enemy survivors among the cays. Structured in three movements, the story charts his stoic struggle with grief, love, and purpose, culminating in a violent pursuit that forces him to confront the cost of loss and the fragile consolations of art and duty.
Purchase from
Bookshop.org
- Published
- 1970
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 430-500
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
-
(4.0)
- Alternate Titles
-
- Inseln im Strom
- Islas en el Golfo
- Isole nella corrente
- Îles à la dérive
This book is not currently on any lists.