Islands in the Stream

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Islands in the Stream is a posthumously published novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows the life of an American artist across three distinct phases set in the Caribbean and World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptationType film
author Ernest Hemingway
basedOn Ernest Hemingway's experiences in the Caribbean
countryOfOrigin United States
filmAdaptationDirector Franklin J. Schaffner
filmAdaptationStar George C. Scott
follows life of American painter Thomas Hudson
genre adventure fiction
novel
war fiction
hasAdaptation Islands in the Stream (1977 film)
hasCharacter Thomas Hudson
hasISBN 0-684-12575-2
hasPart At Sea
Bimini
Cuba
isPosthumousWorkOf Ernest Hemingway
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement modernist literature
mainCharacter Thomas Hudson
mediaType print
narrativeStructure three-part structure
notableFor being published posthumously
depiction of Caribbean life before World War II
portrayal of anti-submarine warfare in World War II
partTitle At Sea
Bimini
Cuba
precededBy The Old Man and the Sea
protagonistOccupation painter
publicationDate 1970
publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
settingLocation Bimini
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
settingTimePeriod 1930s
World War II
theme courage
fatherhood
isolation
loss
war
workOf Ernest Hemingway


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