CLASSIC SHORT STORIES FROM THE MASTER OF AMERICAN FICTION First published in
1927, "Men Without Women" represents some of Hemingway's most important and
compelling early writing. In these fourteen stories, Hemingway begins to examine
the themes that would occupy his later works: the casualties of war, the often
uneasy relationship between men and women, sport and sportsmanship. In "Banal
Story," Hemingway offers a lasting tribute to the famed matador Maera. "In
Another Country" tells of an Italian major recovering from war wounds as he
mourns the untimely death of his wife. "The Killers" is the hard-edged story
about two Chicago gunmen and their potential victim.