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description: A conversation in a Spanish cafe between a man and a woman that is not as simple as it seems.Hills Like White Elephants is a short story by Ernest Hemingway which was first published in the 1927 collection Men Without Women. Here a man and his girlfriend wait for a train to Madrid at station in rural Spain the almost casual nature of their conversation evading the true emotional depth of whats happening between the two of them.This story is considered to be among Ernest Hemingways best short fiction showcasing the authors powerful ability to strip writing down to its bare bones and allow the readers imagination to fill in the subtext. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels six short story collections and two non-fiction works. Three novels four collections of short stories and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of these are considered classics of American literature.
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title: Hills Like White Elephants
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