Across the River and into the Trees (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- First Published: 1950
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: Winter, 1949
- Setting: Venice, Italy, and the surrounding area
- Principal Characters: Richard Cantwell, Renata, Jackson, The Gran Maestro
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism
- Subjects: 1940’s, Death or dying, Military life or service, Hunting or hunters, Italy or Italians
- Locales: Venice, Italy
The Novel
The novel opens on a cold Sunday morning with the protagonist traveling by boat to shoot ducks along a partially frozen lagoon near Venice. He assists the boatman in poling through the ice and offers to help place decoys, becoming somewhat angry at the surly boatman’s responses. Taking his place in a partially submerged barrel that serves as a blind, Colonel Richard Cantwell skillfully brings down the first two ducks that fly within range.
The narrative returns in a flashback to a physical examination that the colonel took three days earlier, when a skeptical...
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