Classics · Literary
The Sun Also Rises
A circle of American and British expatriates drift from Paris cafes to the bull-running fiesta in Pamplona. The narrator is in love with a woman who will not settle with him, and the tension rises among the men around her.
- First published
- 1926
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like spare, understated prose about people who drink to avoid saying what they mean.
Skip this if you want sympathetic characters; the period's casual antisemitism is also hard to read.
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