We went to the café and drank some absinthe, we went down the street to another café and had some wine, we went to bed ‘tight’. The next day we did the same thing. The girl comes into the picture, we all fawn all over her. We drink some more and get tight. Then we go fishing and to the bull-fights and drink at both of those as well. We fight over the girl and then set her up with the bull-fighter (all the while drinking until we are tight).
That’s the plot! Hemingway’s famous terse prose did nothing for me. I was bored most of the time. After reading The Paris Wife which was about Hemingway’s first wife, I was very interested in reading this book as it was written during the time frame of The Paris Wife. I must say, I enjoyed the book about the book more than the book itself!
I read through SparkNotes to see what they had to say about the novel. I was amazed at all the symbolism and imagery they reported was in the book. I say, you have to dig pretty deep to come up with all that. What I felt the book was saying to me was that this generation of young people living in between the two World Wars truly lived up to their moniker of “The Lost Generation”, and The Sun Also Rises is the quintessential novel of that time frame.
2 stars (Rated PG for Adult situation and riotous living)
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