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Men Without Women includes Hemingway's best-known story (featuring Nick Adams, a frequent Hemingway protagonist), "The Killers," which has been adapted into a number of movies, and "Hills Like White Elephants," a classic example of Hemingway's use of sparse sentences and nearly-nonexistent narrative.
His novels draw heavily on his own experiences. While For Whom The Bell Tolls takes place during the second World War, it is heavily influenced by Hemingway's time on the Italian front during World War I. The Sun Also Rises is more directly semi-autobiographical -- the major characters are all based on people Hemingway knew in the expatriate community in Europe, though the protagonist is an ex-soldier left impotent by war injuries. Even more than F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway was able to capture the weariness of the Lost Generation, the hurt and cynicism felt in the loss of their innocence.
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