歐內斯特·海明威/Ernest Hemingway
歐內斯特·海明威（1899—1961），20世紀美國著名小說家，生於伊利諾斯州芝加哥市郊。他的作品風格獨具魅力，在世界範圍內產生了廣泛影響。1926年發表的《太陽照樣升起》是海明威獲得聲譽的第一部長篇小說，並成為“迷惘的一代”的代表作品。“一戰”給海明威留下了難以愈合的心靈創傷，也為他創作舉世名作《永別了，武器》提供了素材。1952年，中篇小說《老人與海》出版，轟動文壇，並使他獲得了諾貝爾文學獎。
The door of Henry's lunchroom opened and two men came in. They sat down at the counter.
"What's yours?" George asked them.
"I don't know," one of the men said, "What do you want to eat, Al?"
"I don't know," said Al, "I don't know what I want to eat."
Outside it was getting dark. The streetlight came on outside the window. The two men at the counter read the menu. From the other end of the counter Nick Adams watched them. He had been talking to George when they came in.
"I'll have a roast pork tenderloin with apple sauce and mashed potatoes," the first man said.
"It isn't ready yet."
"What the hell do you put it on the card for?"
"That's the dinner," George explained. "You can get that at six o'clock."
George looked at the clock on the wall behind the counter.
"It's five o'clock."
"The clock says twenty minutes past five," the second man said.
"It's twenty minutes fast."
"Oh, to hell with the clock," the first man said. "What have you got to eat?"
"I can give you any kind of sandwiches," George said. "You can have ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, liver and bacon, or a steak."