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by Ernest Hemingway (Author)
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The Sun Also Rises first appeared in 1926, and yet it's as fresh and clean and fine as it ever was, maybe finer. Hemingway's famously plain declarative sentences linger in the mind like poetry: "Brett was damned good-looking. She wore a slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's. She started all that." His cast of thirtysomething dissolute expatriates--Brett and her drunken fiancé, Mike Campbell, the unhappy Princeton Jewish boxer Robert Cohn, the sardonic novelist Bill Gorton--are as familiar as the "cool crowd" we all once knew. No wonder this quintessential lost-generation novel has inspired several generations of imitators, in style as well as lifestyle.

Jake Barnes, Hemingway's narrator with a mysterious war wound that has left him sexually incapable, is the heart and soul of the book. Brett, the beautiful, doomed English woman he adores, provides the glamour of natural chic and sexual unattainability. Alcohol and post-World War I anomie fuel the plot: weary of drinking and dancing in Paris cafés, the expatriate gang decamps for the Spanish town of Pamplona for the "wonderful nightmare" of a week-long fiesta. Brett, with fiancé and ex-lover Cohn in tow, breaks hearts all around until she falls, briefly, for the handsome teenage bullfighter Pedro Romero. "My God! he's a lovely boy," she tells Jake. "And how I would love to see him get into those clothes. He must use a shoe-horn." Whereupon the party disbands.

But what's most shocking about the book is its lean, adjective-free style. The Sun Also Rises is Hemingway's masterpiece--one of them, anyway--and no matter how many times you've read it or how you feel about the manners and morals of the characters, you won't be able to resist its spell. This is a classic that really does live up to its reputation. --David Laskin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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The publisher is using these two perennial favorites to launch its new Scribner Paperback Fiction line. This edition of Paradise marks the 75th anniversary of the smash 1920 first novel that skyrocketed Fitzgerald to literary stardom at the ripe old age of 23. Several years later, The Sun (1926), Hemingway's own first novel, performed an identical service for him at age 26. The line will eventually include additional titles by these giants as well as works by Edith Wharton, Langston Hughes, and other greats.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dreary, April 19 2004
By Josh Moffit (Philippines) - See all my reviews
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This book is an account of several characters that are complete losers. The story never picks up, and the account of people getting drunk continually is uninteresting. Hemmingway makes use of a lot of dialogue that is sometimes hard to follow. The one bright spot of the book is the way that the author reveals the culture and landscape of Spain. He wrote in a way that made the Spanish atmosphere very vivid. I enjoyed Hemmingway's book, Old Man and the Sea much more than this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad...., Jul 19 2004
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The Sun Also Rises was my first sampling of Hemingway's novel length works. My verdict? Clearly, this is a first novel, but a very good one. The first half of the book is slow and not exactly compelling, and yet by the second half, it really takes off, and I found myself engrossed.

Basically, The Sun Also Rises is a portrait of the "lost generation", those who were so impacted by the war that their lives have no meaning in the traditional sense. They go about a series of meaningless activities that leave them feeling empty and unfulfilled. This premise is fairly existential and dark, and if that isn't your cup of tea, don't bother with the Sun Also Rises. That said, this novel does a great job of characterizing such members of said generation, and the style of the writing is attractively lucid and crisp, yet rich with symbolism. Despite the shaky start, I would reccomend reading this.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm..., Mar 30 2009
By Erin (Canada) - See all my reviews
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I read this book right after reading of a couple of other novels, and I have to say I found it a touch boring. I suppose it's good if you want a simple read, and it has the Hemingway touch in terms of its prose (although that probably contributed to its lack of excitement for me). Also, Brett Ashley, the object of desire for about every male in the book, is one of the most selfish and annoying characters I've ever encountered in a novel - although I think Hemingway intended that irony.
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4.0 out of 5 stars THE SUN ALSO RISES
A great existentially themed novel. Very well written (obviously), but not as refined as Hemingway's later works. A very good book. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Benjamin Anderson

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasure, I'm sure
The central figure in the book is Brett, Lady Ashley, who enchants almost every man she meets, and who disengages from intimate relations with each one after permanently... Read more
Published on Aug 26 2007 by Sadie T.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Story
"The Sun Also Rises" is a good story and it starts to take off by the end, leaving you with at least a glimpse of emotion. Read more
Published on Feb 18 2007 by Casey

4.0 out of 5 stars Hemingway All So Rises!
Hemingway's first short form novel, a wonderful story regarding the lives of people living post WW1 (the Lost Generation). Read more
Published on Aug 30 2006 by Dan Richardson

3.0 out of 5 stars Dated? A Literary Artifact?
I was looking forward to reading this. (I have fond memories of Pamploma from 1963.) I had just finished A Moveable Feast and was interested in the spare style of Papa, but this... Read more
Published on Dec 11 2005 by thegrammarguy

5.0 out of 5 stars Not To Be Missed! - Experience It For Yourself!
The Sun Also Rises takes place after the cease of the First World War, where numerous survivors, combatants and non-combatants alike, battle their own demons each day to search... Read more
Published on May 26 2005 by Robert Kutlick

4.0 out of 5 stars Partly sunny today with a chance of showers
I've never been an enormous Hemingway fan, choosing instead to read books that tend to be a little more lush and adjective-laden; LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL comes to mind as does... Read more
Published on Jul 28 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing and strange book
I loved this book, and thought it a little bit strange. The characters are so completely detached from their lives, and the bullfight and fiesta serve as an antithesis to their... Read more
Published on Jul 18 2004 by A Book Lover

2.0 out of 5 stars A Novel Made Famous During An Era Of Ignorance
I cannot say that Hemingway has ever compelled me in any capacity other than his famously rumoured addiction to the green fairy - Absinthe. Read more
Published on Jul 2 2004 by Spri

4.0 out of 5 stars Great
I've read three really stellar books recently: SLAUGHTER HOUSE FIVE, THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOD, and THE SUN ALSO RISES. For some reason, SUN really hit a nerve for me. Read more
Published on Jun 27 2004

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