A Farewell to Arms
[If The Sun Also Rises was one of the best books I have ever read, then A
Farewell to Arms is Truth. I simply cannot believe that these books existed so
long without my knowledge of how grand they are. I consider myself to read
constantly, more than almost anyone I know, literature and simple, and here in
less than a month I read two books that are undoubtedly among the best I have
encountered. How many other good books exist that I have yet to read? Am I
really a reader? Will I ever finish them all? What will I do if I tire of
reading?]
When I finished FTA I was of course stunned by the death of Catherine and the
baby and Henry's sudden solitude. "What happens now?" I felt, as I so often do
when I finish a book that I want to go on forever. This is infinitely more
difficult with a book that has no conclusion, and FTA leaves a reader not only
emotionally exhausted but also just as alone as Henry and with nowhere to go.
The entire work was aware of where it was......
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