The Torrents of Spring, Ernest Hemingway
The Torrents of Spring, Ernest Hemingway
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The Torrents of Spring
A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Narrator: Pete Cross

Unabridged: 2 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2022


Synopsis

Post World War I, two men are attempting to find the perfect woman, although they both disagree about what might be considered ideal. Yogi Johnson, a World War I veteran, struggles with his lack of attraction to the opposite sex, until one day he's met with a gorgeous Native American woman. Scripps O'Neill, reeling from being left by his wife and young daughter, befriends a waitress and tumbles down a path of commitment. A parody that pokes fun at the great race of writers, The Torrents of Spring is one of Ernest Hemingway's first long works. Written in ten days, it was considered a masterpiece by F. Scott Fitzgerald but was criticized heavily by other writers at the time.

About Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist, journalist, and sportsman who had a strong influence on twentieth-century literature. His works have been deemed literary masterpieces and have been studied for decades.

About Pete Cross

Pete Cross is an award-winning audiobook narrator and engineer who earned his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. A multiple Earphones Awards winner and Audie finalist, he was nominated for a SOVAS award for his narration of Moby Dick and received the 2022 Audie Award for Ryan La Sala’s Be Dazzled and the 2023 Odyssey Award for Ryan La Sala’s The Honeys.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on July 08, 2014

Hemingway wrote this book in ten days in order to opt out of a dissatisfying contract and to sign with Scribner at the urging of F. Scott Fitzgerald (who makes a hilarious appearance in the book). Some have dismissed it as a satirical skewering of the the styles of the modern realists such as Anders......more

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on September 23, 2022

Found my mind drifting off while reading. Hemingway always hinted in the authors note that something interesting would happen next, but it didn’t feel very exciting to me.......more

Goodreads review by Paul on July 08, 2024

The torture of being a rising American literary star in the tumultuous 1920’s must have been too much for poor young Ernest Hemingway. I can think of no other reason why an author of Hemingway’s enormous talent would have written and published the singularly curious, if entertaining, little book tha......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on April 10, 2011

This is Hemingway publicly mocking his friend and mentor, Sherwood Anderson. It is a harsh thing to insult the person to which you owe your first publishing deal, as well as much of your writing style, but if you have read much of the biographical material on Hemingway, you will know that he was a h......more

Goodreads review by John on January 05, 2024

What a bizarre disjointed story. Albeit with satire of the literary heroes of that era. There is humor. This was Hemingway’s second book and is no masterpiece but did keep my attention. I am not sure what to make of it. Indians, chinook’s, pump factories, a mysterious bird that miraculously survives......more