The+Sun+Also+Rises+(book)

=The Sun Also Rises (book)=

//The Sun Also Rises// is a 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. It describes the post World War I generation as a lost generation, following an American character named Jake Barnes, a WWI veteran who was wounded in battle. Jake is in love with Lady Brett Ashley, a rich socialite, but, even though she loves him too, Brett will not commit to Jake. The novel follows Jake and a loose group of friends as they travel around Europe, visiting England, Greece, Paris, and finally Spain. A great deal of the novel takes place in Spanish cities like Pamplona and Madrid and goes into great detail about the Festival of the Running of the Bulls and the art/sport of bullfighting.

Much like //For Whom the Bell Tolls//, a lot of this novel is based on Hemingway's own experiences after WWI. Hemingway, just like Jake Barnes, felt lost and alone after the war. He dealt with this by detaching from society and wandering around Europe, because he didn't quite know where he fit in. Hemingway,and several other artists of his generation - Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Erich Maria Remarque, and T.S. Eliot - were considered part of this "lost generation." Many of the characters and situations in the book were based on the real lives of Hemingway's compatriots.

It is recognized as Hemingway's greatest work and most important novel. The book is praised specifically for the fantastic sensory detail it gives in describing the emotion and action in and around the bullring during a fight. It is often studied in connection with a non-fiction work //Death in the Afternoon//, which is a study of fear and courage in respect to bullfighting.