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A strikingly original collection of short stories and accompanying vignettes that marked Ernest Hemingway’s American debut. When In Our Time was first published in 1925, it was widely praised for its simple and precise use of language to convey a wide range of complex emotions, and earned...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover Graham Greene’s blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana. 'Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks...

First published in 1925, when Hemingway was an unknown writer, this collection catapulted him into the literary world and gained him recognition as a highly talented, up-and-coming American writer. Containing many early Hemingway classics, including the famous Nick Adams stories, In Our Time introduces us to the hallmarks of the famous Hemingway style: a sparse, taut prose brought to life by vivid characters, landscape, and flashes of beauty.