The Sun Also Rises
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The Sun Also Rises
| Author | Ernest Hemingway |
|---|---|
| Published | 1926 |
| Pages | 272 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Hemingway’s first novel: Jake Barnes, an American newspaperman in Paris left impotent by a war wound, moves with a circle of expatriates from the Left Bank cafés to the bullfights at Pamplona, alongside Lady Brett Ashley, whom he loves and cannot have. It works almost entirely by what the characters do not say. |
The Sun Also Rises
Where I heard about it
- Dissident Teacher — on A Library to Build Great Americans, a 468-title curriculum published on Substack in December 2025, in the Ages 13–99+ band under Fiction.
- On Patrick Collison’s Bookshelf — Patrick Collison’s catalog of the physical books he owns (unflagged). Saved in Kyle’s April 19th, 2020 Roam daily note.
About this edition
First published in 1926; published in Britain as Fiesta. Lexile 680 — low, because the sentences are short, and misleading, because almost nothing in the book is stated outright. One thing to know going in: the Jewish character Robert Cohn is described in terms that are openly antisemitic, and whether that is the narrator’s prejudice being exposed or the author’s being indulged has been argued over since publication.
Connections
- A Library to Build Great Americans — the curriculum this came from; a 468-title reading list published in December 2025 by the Substack writer Dissident Teacher, of which Kyle is carding only the Ages 13-99+ band.
- Ernest Hemingway — the author.
- For Whom the Bell Tolls — also on the list.
- The Old Man and the Sea — the third Hemingway title in this band.
- Literature
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.