“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”

This stark, powerful collection of stories explores themes of masculinity, loss, and emotional isolation and includes some of Ernest Hemingway’s most notable short fiction. The author strips language down to its bare essentials to reveal the raw, often painful truths beneath the surface of everyday life as the men in these tales—boxers, soldiers, bullfighters, and drifters—grapple with love, death, and the inability to connect.

From the complexities of love and relationships to the harsh realities of war and death, Men Without Women is a poignant and powerful reflection on the human condition.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist renowned for his economical, understated prose, adventurous lifestyle and outspoken public image. He began his career as a reporter and published a number of short stories before gaining fame with novels such as The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929), and his experiences during the Spanish Civil War informed the best-selling For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, and some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature.

Please note that these stories contain prejudicial language regarding race, ethnicity and religion that reflects the era in which they were written.