Tag: ernest hemmingway

WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 48 – Another Month of War

July 1, 2018

A look at the major events in the conflict during July 1918: July 1st The US troop transport ship USS Covington is torpedoed by German submarine U-86 off Brest, France. July 3rd Turkish Sultan Mohammed V of the Ottoman Empire dies at the Yildiz Palace in Constantinople and is succeeded by his brother Mohammed VI. … More WWI: Fifty two months, fifty two posts – 48 – Another Month of War

Theatre Review: A Farewell to Arms (adapted for stage by Imitating the Dog)

November 20, 2014

I should say upfront that I am not a fan of Hemingway’s prose and read “A Farewell to Arms” simply because it offered another viewpoint on WWI from someone who had served and is often mentioned when WWI fiction is discussed. If you haven’t read the book, this is the blurb on the back of … More Theatre Review: A Farewell to Arms (adapted for stage by Imitating the Dog)