The Sun Also Rises
The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's...
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The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises helped to establish Hemingway as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743297332 (0743297334)
ASIN: 743297334
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 251
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
20th Century,
Spain
You know, I'd read in some posh literary review that Jake and Brett were two of Hemingway's most lovable characters, but I really can't see how that could be. I get he was painting an era, but I had the same difficulties I had with Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby": I was bored by the characters misery (f...
Hemingway is one of the writers that professors and various academia love to talk about, mainly about how amazing he is and how everyone on this earth, it seems, should read his books. Due to some free time over this winter break, I decided to get a small head start on the reading list for my upcomi...
I suspect that Hemmingway is what one would call an acquired taste. He is sort of like vegemite – you start off absolutely hating it but one day you decide to spread it on your toast and suddenly discover that you actually quite like it and you end up not being able to get enough of it (as you can p...
bookshelves: long-weekend, paris, published-1926, lit-richer, film-only, france, nobel-laureate, ex-pats, spain Read from January 14 to February 01, 2015 Description: A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most...
I'm just not a Hemingway fan. I must be in the minority because I see that a lot of people love his work.