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"In Our Time, a volume of short stories and prose poems, chronicles events before, during, and after the World War I. Hemingway's first major work, the volume exemplifies modernist literature with its unpredictable juxtapositions, disjointed narration, and jarring themes. The stories mere "Lost Generation" memories of birth, death, violence, romance, and adventure, some belonging to the semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams. Despite Nick's recurrent...