HEMINGWAY IN TERRES DE L’EBRE Two stories set near Tortosa, in the Spanish Civil War period.

In the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the bombing in Catalonia, we present two short stories located in our area dealing with warfare and life. Reader: James Calhoun.

Hills Like White Elephants

The scene opens on a railway station where the Barcelona-to-Madrid express is expected in 40 minutes. A man referred to as “the American” and his girl, Jig, sit at a table outside the station’s bar drinking beer. The landscape surrounding the station is described as the valley of the Ebro River, with long white hills on each side and brown dusty ground in between. Jig remarks that the hills look like white elephants, and the remark is not well received by the American. Old Man at the Bridge

The setting is a spot in the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. An old man with spectacles sits exhausted by the side of the road near a pontoon bridge that crosses the Ebro River. Peasant refugees and Republican soldiers laden with munitions and supplies flee the advancing Fascist army.

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THE AUTHOR

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), Nobel prize awarded writer, was the most renowned author and journalist of this era, famous for books like The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls... With F. Scott Fitzgerald, he was part of the “Lost Generation of writers”.

He wrote in a very distinctive minimalist way. Writing short stories, Hemingway knew how to get the most from the least. With his tightly written prose, he was a master of narration and a brilliant writer.

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English Reading Club at the Tortosa English Festival

22nd March , 2014 at 12 p

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TWO STORIES IN TERRES DE

L’EBRE By Ernest Hemingway

26th February, 2014 at 19:30 pm