Across the River and Into the Trees

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literary work novel

"Across the River and Into the Trees" is a 1950 novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows an aging American colonel in post–World War II Venice as he confronts mortality, lost love, and the lingering effects of war.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ
author	Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
followedByWorkBySameAuthor	The Old Man and the Sea ⓘ
followsWorkBySameAuthor	For Whom the Bell Tolls ⓘ
genre	literary fiction ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ
hasCharacter	Colonel Richard Cantwell ⓘ Renata ⓘ
hasForm	prose ⓘ
hasMotif	hunting and shooting ⓘ illness and physical decline ⓘ romantic encounters in Venice ⓘ war memories ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox	300 ⓘ
hasReception	mixed critical reception ⓘ
hasSubject	American expatriates in Europe ⓘ World War II veterans ⓘ death and dying ⓘ love affairs ⓘ
hasTargetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
hasTheme	aging ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ effects of war ⓘ lost love ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ romantic idealism ⓘ
isPartOf	Ernest Hemingway bibliography ⓘ
literaryMovement	modernism ⓘ
literaryStyle	Hemingway iceberg theory ⓘ
mainCharacter	Colonel Richard Cantwell ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableFor	portrayal of an aging soldier ⓘ postwar Venice setting ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	American Army colonel ⓘ
publicationYear	1950 ⓘ
publisher	Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
settingLocation	Italy ⓘ Venice ⓘ
settingPeriod	post–World War II ⓘ
titleOrigin	biblical allusion ⓘ
titleRefersTo	approach of death ⓘ

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Lookout Farm → associatedWithWork → Across the River and Into the Trees ⓘ

Ernest Hemingway → notableWork → Across the River and Into the Trees ⓘ