In our time

by Ernest Hemingway

"In our time" by Ernest Hemingway is a collection of short stories published in 1925. Born from a complex history involving war vignettes and prose sketches, the collection features iconic Nick Adams stories like "Indian Camp" and "Big Two-Hearted River." Through spare language and oblique emotion, Hemingway explores themes of alienation, loss, grief, and separation. The work showcases his famous "iceberg theory" of omission, establishing his distinctive voice and earning recognition as an early masterpiece that attracted significant literary attention.