Beekley Book Club: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In Person
book cover of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms
Event Date: 
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Address

Beekley Community Library
United States

Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield, this gripping, semiautobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep.

Hemingway famously rewrote the ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times to get the words right. A classic novel of love during wartime, “A Farewell to Arms stands, more than eighty years after its first appearance, as a towering ornament of American literature” (The Washington Times).

To reserve a copy of the book for Curbside Pickup email vberlin@beekleylibrary.org.

​The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.​