【正确答案】正确答案：A Farewell to Arms is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of an American soldier—Frederic Henry, serving as lieutenant in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The story focuses on a romance between him and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of WWI—cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of this, Hemingway"s bleakest novel, cemented his stature as a modern American writer, and became his first best-seller. In this novel, the ambivalent feelings about the war—resentment of the terrible destruction it causes and doubt of the glory it supposedly brings are clearly expressed by the main characters. Through this novel, Hemingway suggests that war is nothing more than the dark, murderous extension of a world that refuses to acknowledge, protect, or preserve true love.