A farewell to arms
November 3, 2011 § 2 Comments
A 19 year old Ernest Hemingway came here. Freshly bitten by war, looking for a place to rest his wounds, he chooses the grand dame, Hotel des Iles Borromees in Stresa, along the bank of Lake Maggiore.
In the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway | Stresa, Italy
“Often a man wishes to be alone and a girl wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. It has only happened to me like that once.” E.H. speaks of love between Frederick Henry and Catharine Barclay in ‘A Farewell to Arms’, set in Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees.
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Beautiful photos, with a wonderful mood of timelessness. The Grand Hotel is spectacular, no wonder Hemingway stayed there.
Nicely captured. It is difficult sometimes to catch the timelessness of a place, it is achieved beautifully here. ‘Peacefulness’ can be heard throughout the series of images.