Islands in the Stream

by Ernest Hemingway

Rating: 4.00 (1 ratings)

First published 1981

In the Bahamas, an American painter's quiet island idyll is shattered by the deaths of his two young sons. Adrift in grief, he retreats to Cuba, only to be drawn into the dangerous cat-and-mouse game of hunting Nazi U-boats. As war and personal tragedy collide, this rugged individualist must confront his own bitterness and find the will to go on.

Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, war, adventure

Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water

Setting: Bahamas, Bimini Islands (Bahamas), Caribbean Sea, Cuba

Period: 20th century

112 pages · Paperback

Content warnings: death

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