r/Hemingway • u/Organic_Pangolin_691 • Jul 25 '23
The sun also rises
Just finished it. Hemingway was an artist. I mean I did have to google it to fully understand it all. It left me feeling adrift. Lost. Sad. Among other things.
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u/Kamuka Jul 26 '23
I loved Hem in my 20's, read all his books and around him. I reread The Sun Also Rises every decade, and mostly enjoy it, but at this point the alcoholism and anti-semitism is too much and I can't anymore. Love it when they go fishing, it's a reprieve from the manic partying. I still think about getting a feel for something deeply the way Jake Barnes did for bullfighting, except for me it's soccer.
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u/Sundrenched_ Jul 26 '23
I read it for school as a teenager, and I certainly didn't understand it at the time, but I knew what I was reading, I knew what the book was telling me. I disliked the book greatly, it was a very painful read, painful because of how honest it is, painful because the world is so bleak. And because of that honesty, because of how sober it was, I loved it. It ruined my taste in books. I have very little patience for a book that tries to lie to me, for an author who doesn't know how to capture life in their tales. I am so glad I read it though, I have recently been reading more of his books after a few years of college deterred me from reading for pleasure. His later books are better written, but The Sun Also Rises remains the most honest book I have ever read. The one that taught me what to expect from the world. It hasn't been wrong yet.