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"Some of the finest and most restrained writing that this generation has produced."
-- "New York World" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Powerful, intense, visually magnificent, Fiesta is the novel which established Ernest Hemingway as a writer of genius.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recently read this novel again, and again I found it an evocative, mesmerising, and absolutely brilliant description of Paris and Spain in the interwar years.
Hemingway was a master at tight yet superb prose. He really could conjure up the dusty ride on top of a bus, on the road in Northern Spain, the peasants passing round the skin full of wine. He puts you right there, sitting outside at the cafe during the Fiesta, everyone getting drunk, the fireworks going off, the young men taking their chances as they run in front of the bulls.
Hemingway was a genius, a term used much too frequently and easily today.
I also recomend the biography 'Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences' by James R. Mellow. Gives the reader a better understanding of the world in which he lived.
Hemingway was a master at tight yet superb prose. He really could conjure up the dusty ride on top of a bus, on the road in Northern Spain, the peasants passing round the skin full of wine. He puts you right there, sitting outside at the cafe during the Fiesta, everyone getting drunk, the fireworks going off, the young men taking their chances as they run in front of the bulls.
Hemingway was a genius, a term used much too frequently and easily today.
I also recomend the biography 'Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences' by James R. Mellow. Gives the reader a better understanding of the world in which he lived.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Following all the hype of Hemingway's birth last year, this was my first attempt to understand the allure of the man. Aptly, this was his first novel. What I found was a very economical telling of a story that at first seems very simple, but then develops into quite a complex tale.
On the negative side, some of the narrative was too matter-of-fact; and I often got lost (and bored) with some of the pointless dialogue.
More positively, the magnificent decription of the detail of bull-fighting, with the pride and dedication of the bull-fighters and their aficiandos, the grubby detail of Spain and the romanticism of an American in the Old World, made this a very enjoyable read. Coupled with the amorality of the aristocratic Brett and the (for the time) expected anti-Semitic views, this is very much a book of its era, but still with something to offer to a new generation of readers.
I can't wait to read "The Old Man and the Sea" now.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Set in the mid-1920s, the story deals with the 'lost generation' of American and British expatriates who have settled in Paris to live in a moral wasteland of drunkenness and promiscuity. Centering on the relationship between its narrator, Jake Barnes, an American journalist rendered sexually impotent by a wound suffered during World War I, and Lady Brett Ashley, the queen of the pleasure-seekers, it explores with great pathos the anguish and inadequacy of love when robbed of its physical expression, and of the latter in the absence of an emotional attachment. In true Hemingway style, drinking, fishing and the bull-fight provide the framework. Yet its crowning glory is perhaps the strength of Hemingway's vivid narrative technique which draws the reader into every scene, and induces an almost personal bond with each of the brilliantly crafted characters. Warmth literally permeates the novel, despite the various calamities of its principal actors, and those privileged to have experienced it shall surely be devouring Hemingway's works for years to come.
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Fiesta - The sun also rises
Never read Hemmingway and on the strength of this book will not do so again. I found it slow and boring with almost every page referring to having yet another alcoholic drink. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Baz, Kent
A Quiet Masterpiece
I would have to argue that anyone who does not give this book at least a four-star rating does not understand fine literature. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Pharos
A classic Hemingway book
A classic book by Hemingway painting a picture of post-World War 1 young people leading a dissolute life in Europe. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Brian Kirby
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The first Hemingway I have read since school, and a big disappointment. Believe this was his first serious novel, and (even allowing for period) I found the dialogue stilted and... Read more
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Published 13 months ago by Amanda Huggenkiss
An all too-telling portrait of the "lost generation" that hasn't aged...
Gallons of ink have been spilled over what Gertrude Stein labeled "the lost generation." The label was used primarily for American expatriates who flooded into Paris after World... Read more
Published 14 months ago by John P. Jones III
Interesting take on Spanish life
Not much happens in this book but I liked the relaxed and often comical flow. The descriptions of the regions he visits made me feel like I was on a journey and it has an almost... Read more
Published 20 months ago by AlexPalex
Brilliant Narrative, Stagnant Plot
I have recently finished reading this novel and I have found that I liked several areas, but also disliked several others. Read more
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