Ernest  Miller  Hemingway  as  an American  novelist,  short  story writter  and  journalist,  whose  simple  and  understanding  writing was  asrtong  infuence  on  twentieth century  fiction.

      One of the shortest of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, 'Old Man at the Bridge' is based on upon an incident that took place dI ring an Easter Sunday stopover at the Ebro River while Hemingway was a war correspondent covering the Spanish Civil War,

      'Old Man at the Bridge' demonstrates the power of narrative art. Hemingway takes a small, ordinary detail in a situation and through the art of story-telling transforms it into a powerfup story about the tragedy of war. The old man becomes a symbol of the countless civilian victims of war - those "without politics" . Displaced, disoriented alone, he is faced with the inevitability of death.

( Dude wasn't he handsome in his prime?)