Two plane crashes left him permanently injured and in pain.

As the novel opens, Henry is about to take his winter leave. The narrator, Lieutenant Frederic Henry, is an American who has joined the Italian ambulance corps as a volunteer. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms. It is World War I, in 1916, and the Italian army is trying to hold off the united forces of Austria and Germany. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home. Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois, USA, and after high school he reported for a few months for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to enlist with the World War I ambulance drivers. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. Movie Trailer for A Farewell to Arms (1957) They grow careful.īut life isn’t hard to manage when you’ve nothing to lose. No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield – the weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto the profound struggle between loyalty and desertion-this gripping, semiautobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse.

A farewell to arms