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Modernism · Novel

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway. American and British expatriates travel from Paris to Spain, masking emotional wounds beneath style and motion.

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Date
1926
Origin
United States / France / Spain
Era
Modernism
Genre
Novel
Difficulty
Accessible
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

War TraumaMasculinityDisillusionment

Why it matters

American and British expatriates travel from Paris to Spain, masking emotional wounds beneath style and motion.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.

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