| The Sun Also Rises Contributor(s): Hemingway, Ernest (Author), Hurt, William (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0743564413 ISBN-13: 9780743564410 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Simultaneously releasing with the 80th anniversary paperback edition, Hemingway's first great novel makes its regal debut in an all-new, unabridged recording. 6 CDs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - World War I |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 5.1" W x 6.06" (0.51 lbs) 7 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - 1920's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2007 Audie Award Finalist for Classics The only authorized edition of Ernest Hemingway's first novel. "The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost." --The Wall Street Journal The Sun Also Rises is a classic example of Hemingway's spare but powerful writing style. It celebrates the art and craft of Hemingway's quintessential story of the Lost Generation--presented by the Hemingway family with illuminating supplementary material from the Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Library. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises is "an absorbing, beautifully and tenderly absurd, heartbreaking narrative...a truly gripping story, told in lean, hard, athletic prose" (The New York Times). The Hemingway Library Edition commemorates Hemingway's classic novel with a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, the author's sole surviving son, and an introduction by Sean Hemingway, grandson of the author. Hemingway considered the extensive rewriting that he did to shape his first novel the most difficult job of his life. Early drafts, deleted passages, and possible titles included in this new edition elucidate how the author achieved his first great literary masterpiece. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hemingway, Ernest: - Ernest Hemingway did more to influence the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established him as one of the greatest literary lights of the 20th century. His classic novella The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He died in 1961.Hurt, William: - William Hurt is an Academy Award winning actor whose many films include A History of Violence, The Village, Body Heat, The Big Chill, Sunshine, Smoke Eyewitness, Broadcast News, Children of a Lesser God, and Kiss of The Spiderwoman. His stage credits include Henry V, Hamlet, Richard II, HurlyBurly, and My Life. |