Hemingway in Love and War: The Lost Diary of Agnes Von Kurowsky [Paperback]

Agnes Von Kurowsky (Author), Henry Serrano Villard (Author), Ernest Hemingway (Author), James Nagel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1996

Including rare documentary photographs, this epic, real-life love story offers a unique account of an event that shaped the life and work of one of the century's most charismatic and important authors and serves as an invaluable companion to the major motion picture it inspired. Original. Movie tie-in.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The diary and letters of the Red Cross nurse Hemingway fell in love with while wounded in WWI.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Although this is being published as a tie-in to a forthcoming movie, this 1991 volume has true scholarly merit. Hemingway met and fell in love with nurse Kurowsky in the Red Cross hospital in Milan while recuperating from wounds inflicted at the Italian front during World War I. Their alleged affair was the basis for A Farewell to Arms-she appeared as Catherine Barkley. She eventually jilted him, and he later killed her in his novel. Included here are sections from her private diary from the time Hemingway was her patient as well as her letters to him. A remembrance by fellow patient Villard and an essay by Hemingway scholar Nagel add to the proceedings. This volume offers fascinating firsthand information on one of the most important events in Hemingway's life and has a place in all serious American literature collections.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 303 pages
• Publisher: Miramax; 1st edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078688214X
• ISBN-13: 978-0786882144
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bittersweet Love Story that hit close to home:, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hemingway in Love and War: The Lost Diary of Agnes Von Kurowsky (Paperback)

After seeing the movie "In Love and War" with Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell, I was left wanting to learn more of the events of this tragic love story. The book clued me in to the actual events that led to the affair and the events that occured afterwards and the truth was actually more tragic than the movie had let on. I was once involved in a romance with a much younger man, he was 18 and I was 24, and there was so much passion but eventually the fantasy fades and reality sets in and sometimes you make decisions that at the time seem like the most sane but later on wonder "what if....?" This book is for anyone who has ever loved and lost. A must read for every romantic.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seeing "In love and War" inspired me to learn about Hemingwa, June 26, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Hemingway in Love and War: The Lost Diary of Agnes Von Kurowsky (Paperback)

As soon as I saw " In Love and War" with Sandra Bullock, I immediately went and got the lost diaries of Agnes. I love the movie and the book very much because it gives insight about WW1 and the life and times of Hemingway. I really wanted to learn more about Agnes and Ernest after seeing the movie and reading the book! I was very intriged by their relationship. I only wish someone could've saved or found Ernie's letters to Agnes

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book, April 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Hemingway in Love and War: The Lost Diary of Agnes Von Kurowsky (Paperback)

I really enjoyed the book. It was very hard to put down. It took me back to when my fiance was in the Gulf war, and we had to do a lot of writing. When Agnes wrote about wishing he (Hemingway) was there with her and how she couldn't wait to be with him again....brought back a lot of memmories. Since I have read this book, and enjoyed it, I have to now buy "Farewll to Arms"