Hemingway, Ernest
Fiesta (Vintage Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099285038
- author:
- Hemingway, Ernest
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 217
- Dimensions:
- 19.4 x 13 x 1.4 cm
- Genre:
- Modern fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ernest Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' is a novel about love, loss and disillusionment in 1920s Europe. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Parisian nightlife and Spanish fiestas, the story follows Jake, an American expatriate, as he navigates his complicated relationship with Brett Ashley. As Jake becomes increasingly entangled with Brett's aristocratic world, their affair is strained by new passions and jealousies. The couple's experiences are marked by excess and decadence, but also a deep sense of longing and disconnection. Hemingway's distinctive narrative prose brings a lean, hard-edged quality to the story, capturing the disillusionment and ennui of a generation.