New illustrations by Tim Foley and a new foreword by author Robert Wheeler catapult this
timeless classic by Ernest Hemingway into the twenty-first century with vigor. For nearly a
century The Sun Also Rises has endured as one of Hemingway's masterworks and is widely
regarded as a prime example of the great American writer's pioneering style and form. His first
major novel explores powerful themes like masculinity and male insecurity sex and love and
the effects of a brutal war on an aimless generation. This roman à clef is based on the real
experiences and relationships Hemingway had in the early 1920s. Set predominantly in France and
Spain the novel follows a group of disillusioned aimless expats tooling around post-war Europe
living hard drinking heavily and having complicated sordid love affairs. The novel is told
from the perspective of Jake Barnes a World War I vet turned journalist living in Paris who
is still in love with his former flame the eccentric and charismatic Lady Brett Ashley.
Meanwhile Jake's friend author Robert Cohn becomes tired of his oppressive marriage and sets
off to seek out adventure becoming enamored with Brett himself. They all eventually drift from
the glitz and glamour of 1920s Paris to Pamplona Spain where they revel in the rawness of
bullfights and alcohol-fueled parties eventually devolving into jealousy and violent drama.
This leads to Jake coming to a stark realization-that he can never be with the woman he truly
loves.
