Ernest Hemingway wrote In Our Time in 1925, and its critical acclaim established him as a literary force. Critics currently argue over whether it should be considered a novel or merely a compilation of short stories and vignettes. In fact it has no defined genre, and ever since its publication, readers have had trouble coming to terms with its form. Still, many do see it as a novel, or as D.H. Lawrence called it, a "fragmentary novel," and Hemingway maintained that the pattern and structure of the book is so tight that deleting or replacing even one word would ruin the unity. The overall meaning of the narrative is created by the positioning of each story and vignette in relationship to others, but these juxtapositions also create its confusing structure. Each concrete image is set against another without the benefit of any real transition. The final version of In Our Time originates from the publication of a collection of chapters titled In Our Time in 1924. These earlier sketches......

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