海明威所著的《永别了武器(英文版)》是海明威最重要的作品之一,描述了第一次世界大战期间年轻的美国救护车司机亨利与英国女护士凯瑟琳在意大利前线的爱情故事,探讨了爱和恨,忠诚与背叛的主题,作品艺术技巧成熟,标志着海明威独特创作风格的形成,成就了海明威在美国文学史上的传奇地位。
A FAREWELL TO ARMS, a semi-autobiographical novel, works on twoliterary levels. First, it is a story concerningthe drama and passion of a doomed romancebetween Henry and a British nurse,Catherine Barkley. Second, it also skillfullycontrasts the meaning of personal tragedyagainst the impersonal destruction wroughtby the First World War.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked AFarewell to Arms on its list of the 100 bestEnglish-language novels of the 20th century.It was first adapted to film in 1932, withfurther versions in the following decades.