Quotes About A Farewell to Arms

Hemingway was a big influence - 'A Farewell to Arms,' though I disapproved of the later Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway, much like the Artisan hero in his novel, A Farewell to Arms, wanted to avoid figurative language (the language of inference and interpretation, of metaphor and symbol), trusting only descriptive words to present his perceptions as sensually and realistically as possible.