These four books include different topics. In On the Quai at Smyrna, the author reveals the pain of the war in a relaxing tone. In the end of Out of Season, reason and justice overcome lust and evil. Soldier’s Home reveals that the pain the war leaves to people is hard to remove. The Battler describes a battler who wants to win money as well as to keep his reputation.

This book includes On the Quai at Smyrna, Out of Season, Soldier’s Home and The Battler. In On the Quai at Smyrna, the author describes the misfortunes of Greeks in the Greek-Turkish War. Out of Season tells that a group of people who disobey the law and go fishing. In Soldier’s Home, the protagonist is a soldier. After he retires home, the people in his hometown and even his family members do not understand him. He sticks to his "war complex" all the time, and he is unwilling to adjust himself to the real life. So he lives a bored and meaningless life. In The Battler, a famous battler bets for his rival, but he wants to keep his reputation in the comptition. So during their match, every time he falls down, he struggles to stand up and insists on till the end of the compitition.

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Additional works, including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction works, were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.