The Sun Also Rises

Hemingway's first (and best) novel, now available as a beautiful Penguin Classics Deluxe edition!

Not about the book itself which is marvellous, but rather the edition. Do not be fooled by the pretty cover, this is a cheap, shoddy rip off. They have obviously got a licence to print this book and have spent as little money doing so as they can. It is not a book, it is 24 cm x 18 cm (it says this in the product description, so it is my own fault for not reading this, though to be fair, I don't know I should have to with a book). It is flimsy, there are no page numbers and it is littered with numerous quite dramatic printing errors. I could not get beyond about page... well, I'm not sure, but not many, and I had to buy a different, but considerably better, edition.

A great novel, but this is a dislikeable edition that seems to have been duplicated by an office printer from an e-book. For a more traditional copy see the Arrow paperback.

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My first Hemingway, and what a beauty!

Very disappointed with this. Supposedly a Penguin deluxe edition, but paper was cheap a d nasty and page edges had been very badly cut - not flat (more of a jagged edge finish) and did not fit the cover. This was supposed to be a present for my son. I exchanged the first copy (Amazon arranged collection) but second was the same and Amazon directed me to return it back via Post Office - surely they should arrange collection as it's not fit for sale?

A little disappointment with this book. The book had no page numbers and was full of typos -I wouldn't have minded but I ordered this book to use it in my university course so it has made it very difficult to read and reference it. Extremely disappointed.

Fiesta: The Sun also rises follows Jake, a man injured in the war and his relationship with Brett Ashley who he met in hospital. In the book they meet in Paris and then again in Pamplona where they attend the fiesta and bull fights with other friends. Jakes’ injury (in the introduction Colm Toibin notes that his testacles were blown off, although the story never states this) affects his ability to have relations with women and so his love, Brett has relations with at least three others in the story. This creates tensions between the other men which come to a head during the fiesta. The general story line is interesting and I was left wondering, even at the end of the book, how Jake and Brett will resolve their relationship. There is some dated language and attitudes which readers should be aware of and if that easily offends you this may not be the book for you. For me, after reading that Hemingway is so widely, I found his writing somewhat lacking. He does not really build the characters or atmosphere and some passages read like a police report for example “I read the papers with the coffee and then smoked a cigarette. The flower-women were coming from the market and arranging their daily stock. Students went by going up to the law school, or down to the Sorbonne”. By the end of the book I had really not got a feel for any of the characters. I have read the Old Man and the Sea and that was better then this so maybe I will give Hemingway another chance by reading one of his other ‘classics’ but this was just ok.

Exceptional!! Plan to give as gifts for both women and men at Christmas!!

print quality is not as bad as people say it is, its a sub 10 euro book afterall, people should have realistic expectations. However the introduction is the biggest pile of bull dropping i have ever read. The book itself is simply great, in my opinion Hemingway's finest

Please note the book's dimensions are larger than a standard paperback (close to B5) and that pages are NOT numbered whatsoever. Poor quality printing.

best and great seller and recomended for all future buyers best and great seller and recomended for all future buyers

Famously about the lost generation but also about now and every generation. The bard made it a comedy, Hemingway a tragedy. Either way- we’re always looking to find something.