num_pages: 176
description: Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creative powers, the stories in Winner Take Nothing glow with the mark of his unique talent.Hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: they are all here, living on the raw edge, making love, facing the inevitable reality of death.The characters, the dialogue, the settings, the remarkable insight could have come only from Hemingway's imagination. As an introduction to his work, or as an overview of the themes he developed at greater length in his novels, it is a stunningly successful collection. From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: Winner Take Nothing
titlecomplete: Winner Take Nothing
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, Classic Literature, Collections, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2404
publisher: Arrow