{"product_id":"books-across-the-river-and-into-the-trees-by-ernest-hemingway","title":"Across the River and into the Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Josh Hutcherson!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA poignant post-WWII\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003etale of a revitalizing love found too late that follows the fleeting connection between an Italian countess and an injured,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eaging American colonel in Italy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--a\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elove story\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethat inspires light and hope, while only darkness lies ahead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway made his first extended visit to Italy in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the world-weary beauty and majesty of Venice, \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e stands as Hemingway's melanchoic yet resolute statement of defiance in response to the great dehumanizing atrocities of the Second World War.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53767273447697,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780684844640.jpg?v=1783934996","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-across-the-river-and-into-the-trees-by-ernest-hemingway","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}