I’m not one to reread books too often but I couldn’t pass this one up when I ran into it at the newly relocated AAUW used bookstore.
Which by the way is an excellent place to peruse for used books that can usually be had at a real steal, I strongly recommend that readers take advantage at the Buffalo Mall, and stay out of my fantasy section.
Anywhos, The Sun Also Rises is a quick and easy read by Ernest Hemingway who style of straight forward, tightly written prose came to light here and made the writer famous around 1926.
The novel focuses around a group of friends, most of whom are writers, traveling around Paris and Spain drinking heavily, fishing and attending bullfights.
I won’t go into too much detail as I would really dislike spoiling the read for any loyal followers out there, but there is romance, fighting, a little prostitution, some anti-Semitism, absinthe and an all around good time if you can look at it without offense.
As a young writer myself, Old Papa makes Paris and Spain seem like a lot more fun then they probably are for young writers.
I’ve never been to Europe but a novel like this takes me there every time I open it up, or at least the way Hemingway saw it in 1925.
If you want a little adventure, a little fun and a wild story about a crazy time in Europe find this book, or ask me, I’ll lend it out.
