The Sun Also Rises: The Authorized Edition
Jul 2002 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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This authorized edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s first novel—a quintessential story of the Lost Generation—with an introduction by bestselling author Colm Tóibín.
“The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost.” —The Wall Street Journal
Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises helped cement Ernest Hemingway's status as the one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. A poignant look at disillusionment and angst, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most indelible characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley.
The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is set during an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. The story lays bare themes of alienation and disenchanted youth.
Hemingway's first novel is “an absorbing, beautifully and tenderly absurd, heartbreaking narrative...a truly gripping story, told in lean, hard, athletic prose” (The New York Times).
“The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost.” —The Wall Street Journal
Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises helped cement Ernest Hemingway's status as the one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. A poignant look at disillusionment and angst, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most indelible characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley.
The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is set during an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. The story lays bare themes of alienation and disenchanted youth.
Hemingway's first novel is “an absorbing, beautifully and tenderly absurd, heartbreaking narrative...a truly gripping story, told in lean, hard, athletic prose” (The New York Times).
This authorized edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s first novel—a quintessential story of the Lost Generation—with an introduction by bestselling author Colm Tóibín.
“The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the ...
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92 reviews
Shelby Howe
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October 14, 2021
I didn't have much background info. before I started reading this book. I spent the first few chapters trying to figure out what was going on. It got really interesting and I enjoyed the bullfights and confusing personal relations. It ended just as I started to understand. I'm left with a glimpse into the life of the characters and with a desire to see France & Spain.
Jacob Frantz
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April 7, 2016
Absolutely no reason for this short, 90 year old book to be $12. If that price were charged when this book was published it would cost $150. Not only is Hemingway not getting that money, his kids aren't. Total copyright scam.
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Hollis Schmidt
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March 25, 2016
Easy read, hilarious content. Friends who drink together, travel together, and are entangled in a massive love triangle make for good topic of discussion or absurdity.
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About the author
Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho, on July 2, 1961.
Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel The Old Man and the Sea w...
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