I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.


The Paris Review (Spring 1958)


I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.

I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.

I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.

I rewrote the ending to Farewell to Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.