num_pages: 96
description: First published in 1926, The Torrents of Spring is a hilarious parody of the Chicago school of literature. Poking fun at that "great race" of writers, it depicts a vogue that Hemingway himself refused to follow. In style and substance, The Torrents of Spring is a burlesque of Sherwood Anderson's Dark Laughter, but in the course of the narrative, other literary tendencies associated with American and British writers akin to Anderson -- such as D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, and John Dos Passos -- come in for satirical comment. A highly entertaining story, The Torrents of Spring offers a rare glimpse into Hemingway's early career as a storyteller and stylist.
language: English
title: The Torrents of Spring
titlecomplete: The Torrents of Spring
characters: Yogi Johnson, Scripps O'Neill
genres: Classics, Fiction, The United States Of America, Humor, Novella, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 4772
places: Chicago, Illinois, Illinois
publisher: Scribner