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The Nick Adams Stories

By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: Stacy Keach
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These classic stories feature one of Hemingway's most famous characters.

"Of the place where he had been a boy he had written well enough. As well as he could then." So thought a dying writer in an early version of The Snows of Kilimanjaro. The writer was, of course, Ernest Hemingway. The place was the Michigan of his boyhood summers, where he remembered himself as Nick Adams. The now-famous "Nick Adams" stories show a memorable character growing from child to adolescent to soldier, veteran, writer, and parent - a sequence closely paralleling the events of Hemingway's life.

In this arrangement, Nick Adams emerges clearly as the first in a long line of Hemingway's fictional selves. Later versions were all to have behind them part of Nick's history and, correspondingly, part of Hemingway's. This is a must-have for fans of the iconic author.

©2007 Ernest Hemingway (P)2005 Simon and Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

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Let Nick Adams introduce you to Ernest Hemingway

In Hemingway's best short stories, a curtain is parted then closed, revealing the center of a man's being. Some of these stories are included in this collection, such as "Big Two Hearted River," "The Last Country" and "Fathers & Sons."

Stacy Keach is outstanding, and cleary understands the writer. I hadn't realized how versatile Keach was.

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Great reading; uneven stories

Stacy Keach is a terrific reader, but the stories are uneven in terms of quality. For every story at the level of "The Killers" and "Big Two-Hearted River," there are two or three duds. And can someone please, PLEASE tell audiobook producers that there is NO NEED for thirty seconds of music at the start of each chapter? It's unnecessary and irritating and does nothing for the listener's experience.

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Absolutely sublime reading of Hemingway.

The Nick Adam Stories are on par with the best of Hemingway's writing, and Stacy Keach's reading taps directly into the soul of Hemingway. Amazing.

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Hemingway's "Nick Adam's Stories" come to life!

Stacy Keach's reading is incredibly dexterous as he brings Hemingway's characters to life. Earnest would be pleased.

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Mr. H manages one true sentence when two might do and leaving a word out risks nothing but empty space.
Space occupied but empty notwithstanding.

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Papa Hemmingway's forgotten children

These stories are among Hemmingway's best creations, and are wonderfully rendered by the reader. Lovely prose, vivid scenes, and important lessons.

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If you like Hemingway, this is for you!

A great mix of Ernest Hemingway stories that will keep you listening/reading for long periods of time. Thoroughly fulfilling work that we enjoyed.

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Very Hemingway.

Very nicely read. A look at life thru the eyes of Hemingway. A writing style shakingly different. Full of a strong masculine viewpoint. As in life, the story begins and ends without our permission. Days drift into other days. Weeks into the future which never comes.

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Excellent all around…

Stacy Keach’s narration is perfect. Is the interlude music from Copland’s score of the theatrical dramatization of these stories?

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Disjointed incomplete stories

The story would suck you in then jump to another random thought. Very dissatisfying group of stories.

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