The Sun Also Rises

 

The Sun Also Rises: The Original 1926 Unabridged And Complete Edition by Ernest Hemingway
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A journalist in France goes on a vacation with friends in Spain. They fish and watch the bull runs and bullfights. They drink a lot. Everyone is in love with Brett. She ruins a bull fighter. She ruins everyone really. But everyone still loves her. Having read Joyce and Stein, I can see where Hemingway diverges and defines a more modern style. There isn't much inner monologue and so the motivations are for the reader to interpret for the most part. (Not as satisfying, but not bad either). Nothing is too florid or overwrought. A rather interesting illustration of the lost generation and the escapades of foreign travelers behaving badly. Still, even without a lot of metaphors, Hemingway puts you in the front seat for the show.

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