ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A Farewell to Arms, third novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1929.

Detailed explanation-2: -Q&A with Kate McCord, author of Farewell, Four Waters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hemingway served as an ambulance driver for the Italian army in World War I. Severely wounded, he recuperated in a Red Cross hospital in Milan where he fell in love with one of his nurses. This relationship proved the model for Frederic and Catherine’s tragic romance in A Farewell to Arms.

Detailed explanation-4: -The message of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms is that one should recognize the brevity of life and take advantage of life’s joys while it is still possible.