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Connecting Through Literature: Classic American Short Stories Session 2

November 19, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Online Discussion – Short Story: “Hills Like White Elephants,” Ernest Hemingway

Description from Wikipedia:

     “Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in August 1927 in the literary magazine transition, then later that year in the short story collection Men Without Women.

     The story focuses mainly on a conversation between an American man and a young woman, described as a “girl,” at a Spanish train station while waiting for a train to Madrid. The girl compares the nearby hills to white elephants. The pair indirectly discuss an “operation” that the man wants the girl to have, that was taboo to talk about.

Reading link: https://www.rvclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/May-Short-Stories.pdf

The Connecting Through Literature Book Club’s Classic American Short Stories series is a collaboration between the Harrell Health Sciences Library and Department of Humanities. Join in on one, a few, or all of the discussions in the series as suits your time and interest. You do not even need to have read the story beforehand to listen in on the conversation – are welcome.

Contact edonne@pennstatehealth.psu.edu if you would like to receive email updates for all of this year’s discussions.

Details

Date:
November 19
Time:
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://hershey.libraries.psu.edu/

Venue

Zoom

Organizer

Sharon Daugherty
Phone
717-531-8626
Email
sdaugherty@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
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