The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, short story by Ernest Hemingway, first published in Esquire magazine in 1936 and later collected in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-nine Stories (1938). The stream-of-consciousness narrative relates the feelings of Harry, a novelist dying of gangrene poisoning while on an African safari. Hemingway considered The Snows of Kilimanjaro his finest story.
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Article Title:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
10 December 2015
Access Date:
February 22, 2025