And "Hills Like White Elephants" is a young couple's subtle, heartwrenching discussion of abortion. Nick Adams makes an appearance in "Ten Indians," in which he is presumably betrayed by his Indian girlfriend, Prudence. "The Killers" is the hard-edged story about two Chicago gunmen and their potential victim. "In Another Country" tells of an Italian major recovering from war wounds as he mourns the untimely death of his wife.
In "Banal Story," Hemingway offers a lasting tribute to the famed matador Maera. In these fourteen stories, Hemingway begins to examine the themes that would occupy his later works: the casualties of war, the often uneasy relationship between men and women, sport and sportsmanship.
CLASSIC SHORT STORIES FROM THE MASTER OF AMERICAN FICTION First published in 1927, Men Without Women represents some of Hemingway's most important and compelling early writing.
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