HEMINGWAY IN TERRES DE L’EBRE Two stories set near Tortosa, in the Spanish Civil War period. In the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the bombing in Catalonia, we present two short stories located in our area dealing with warfare and life. Reader: James Calhoun.
The scene opens on a railway station where the Barcelona-toMadrid express is expected in 40 minutes. A man referred to as “the American” and his girl, Jig, sit at a table outside the station’s bar drinking beer. The landscape surrounding the station is described as the valley of the Ebro River, with long white hills on each side and brown dusty ground in between. Jig remarks that the hills look like white elephants, and the remark is not well received by the American.
Old Man at the Bridge
Hills Like White Elephants
The setting is a spot in the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. An old man with spectacles sits exhausted by the side of the road near a pontoon bridge that crosses the Ebro River. Peasant refugees and Republican soldiers laden with munitions and supplies flee the advancing Fascist army.
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