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Men Without Women (Muškarci bez žena, 1927) is the second collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway and one of the most important works of his early phase. It contains 14 stories, many of which have become classics: Hills Like White Elephants (The Killers), *In Another Country), *The Undefeated) and others.

The collection masterfully depicts the male world – loneliness, honor, courage, loss and powerlessness in the post-war period. Hemingway explores themes of war and its traumas, boxing, bullfighting, marital crises, infidelity and death through his distinctive “iceberg” style (minimalism, subtext and silence). Women are rare, and when they appear (as in the title story), they serve as catalysts for men’s internal conflicts.

His most famous story, Hills Like White Elephants, is a brilliant dialogue between a man and a woman at a Spanish train station who, through a seemingly ordinary conversation, reveal the difficult decision to have an abortion—a story considered a masterpiece of the short form.

Men Without Women established Hemingway as a master of the short story and is a key work of the “lost generation.” The collection is raw, precise, and emotionally powerful, with deep insights into the male psyche and existential loneliness.