The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
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Book Reviews of The Sun Also Rises
Book Review: I'm struck by how modern this is
Summary: 5 Stars
Ashamed to admit this is the first time I've read this small masterpiece. Though composed in 1924, it is strikingly modern. I forgot at times that this was about a time some 80 years ago. Jake is the kind of man's man hero that Hemingway would recreate over and over, one assumes a thinly disguised version of himself. I'll leave the lit-crit to others. The bullfights are the centerpiece here, in addition to the character of Lady Ashley, who exerts her powers over most of the men in the book. I kept waiting for something more dreadful to happen. The "lost generation" of men and women who went through WWI had their so-called voice in this book. I'm not sure why exactly that is said to be so, but there is a certain ennui and acceptance of bad fates here that stems from the trenches of the Great War, perhaps.Book Review: A Near Perfect Corrida of a Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
I had to take a break from reading Joyce's Finnegans Wake so I figured Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' would be an appropriately light antididonai for the heavy soup of Joyce. I think I liked The Sun Also Rises' just slightly more than A Farewell To Arms. I thought both novels were near masterpieces, but I appreciated the characters in this novel just slightly more than those in Hemingway's next novel. Brett and Jake are amazing characters. The setting and the action of this corrida of a novel were perfectly timed and beautifully executed.Book Review: My Modern Day Translation
Summary: 5 Stars
I hope no one finds this offensive but just remember that I really like Hemingway's writing style. That being said, to be as pithy as possible, this book and my modern day translation of the meaning of the story "The Sun Also Rises" is the same as our modern day saying "Same old $hit". The story at first brought out my empathy for Jake(aka Hemingway)who is essentially writing about his messed up life. Unbelievable! The most beautiful and wealthy people have the most dysfunctional lives. The book left me feeling a little disgusted at the end. Not that is wasn't good or well written but that the moral was that some people never learn how to get their lives in order. Oh Well. I guess for some of us, thats life!Book Review: Brilliant man that Ernest, brilliant man...
Summary: 5 Stars
Look at this passage:
"We walked on and circled the island. The river was dark and a bateau mouche went by, all bright with lights, going fast and quiet up and out of sight under the bridge. Down the river was Notre Dame squatting against the night sky. We crossed to the left bank of Seine by the wooden foot-bridge from the Quai de Bethune, and stopped on the bridge and looked down the river at Notre Dame. Standing on the bridge the island looked dark, the houses were high against the sky, and the trees were shadows.
"It's pretty grand," Bill said. "God, I love to get back."
This sound like a music to my ears. Bravo Ernest, you're a genius.
Book Review: An American Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Sun Also Rises" is one of the classic novels in American literature that lives up to its reputation. This cynical take on the lives of American expatriates in Europe after WWI has a beautiful disconnected feel to it that anyone can relate to, and the doomed love between the protagonist and his ex-lover is palpable, and at times even heartwrenching.
But the best part about this book is the writing: Hemingway at his sparsest, most direct, and yet somehow most evocative despite himself. The barren wording is hypnotic in its subtle glory.
It's a great, quick, and easy read; there's really no reason not to pick this up.