The Torrents of Spring

Description: Three Stories and Ten Poems The Torrents of Spring Ernest Hemingway "The Torrents of Spring," a novella published in 1926, is a hilarious satire on the romantic and literary conventions of the Chicago school of literature. It is Hemingway's first long work and was written as a parody of Sherwood Anderson's Dark Laughter. Set in northern Michigan, the story concerns two men who work at a pump factory: World War I veteran Yogi Johnson, and writer Scripps O'Neill. Both are searching for the perfect woman, though they disagree over this ideal. The story begins with O'Neill returning home to find that his wife and daughter have left him. O'Neill, desperate for companionship, befriends a British waitress, Diana, and immediately asks her to marry him. She tries to impress him by reading New York Times bestsellers, to no avail. O'Neill leaves her for another waitress, Mandy, who enthralls him with her store of dubious literary anecdotes. Yogi Johnson frets that he doesn't desire any woman, even though spring is approaching. He is cured of his impotence when he falls in love with an Indigenous American woman who enters a restaurant clothed only in moccasins. Viewing her, he is overcome by "a new feeling" which he attributes to Mother Nature, and together they "light out for the territories." It was widely believed that Hemingway wrote The Torrents of Spring to get out of his contract with his publisher, Boni & Liveright. Written in ten days, Hemingway submitted the manuscript early in December 1925. it was rejected by the end of the month and in January 1926, Max Perkins at Scribner's agreed to publish it in addition to Hemingway's future work. Play sample: Product Details Read by: KevinS Length: Men chasingwomen Type: Solo reading Media: MP3 CD Package: CD security sleeve Item No.: CD-1344 List Price: $3.99 Artwork: Disc contains 300 dpi image files for printing CD label art: Includes both square JPG and round PNG formats CD jewel case art: Includes cover, inner insert, and J-card DVD case art: Includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert Credits Notes Book Coordinator: KevinS Meta Coordinator: Ann Boulais Proof Listener: Larry Wilson Artwork Cover: Design inspired by the first edition dust jacket cover of The Torrents of Spring, 1926 Inset: Ernest Hemingway passport photo, 1923 Insert background: Illustration from "Three wonderlands of the American West; being the notes of a traveler, concerning the Yellowstone park, the Yosemite national park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, with a chapter on other wonders of the great American West", 1912, Thomas D. 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Table of Contents Track Title Length 1 01 - Part 1, Red and Black Laughter, Chapters 1-5 0:34 2 02 - Part 2, The Struggle for Life, Chapters 6-10 0:33 3 03 - Part 3, Men in War and the Death of Society, Chapters 11 and 12 0:31 4 04 - Part 4, The Passing of a Great Race and the Making and Marring of Americans, Chapters 13-16, Author's Final Note to the Reader 0:30 Terms and Conditions Terms of Sale The buyer can pay using the Checkout button when the listing ends or wait to receive an automated email invoice shortly after the listing ends with totals and payment instructions. Checkout must be completed within 7 days of the close of listing. If payment isn’t received within this time period, the item will be re-listed and a Non-Paying Bidder alert will be filed. If we are unable to fulfill your order for any reason your payment will be refunded in full. Payments PayPal - We accept PayPal and prefer PayPal. Shipping address must be confirmed by PayPal. 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