IHSI Book Club – September 2027
September 15th – Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
Summary
The story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. A poignant, bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the worldweary beauty and majesty of Venice, Across the River and into the Trees stands as Hemingway’s statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 11:30am; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
No cost to participate apart from covering your own lunch order & obtaining books.
