Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creative powers the stories in Winner Take Nothing glow with the mark of his unique talent Hunters wives old men of wisdom waiters fighters women loved women lost they are all here living on the raw edge making love facing the inevitable reality of death The characters the dialogue the settings the remarkable insight could have come only from Hemingway's imagination As an introduction to his work or as an overview of the themes he developed at greater length in his novels it is a stunningly successful collection From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century