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Fiesta (Vintage Classics) (Paperback)

by Ernest Hemingway (Author)
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  • Paperback: 217 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (7 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099285037
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099285038
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 142,845 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful, with an abandoned, sensuous nature that she cannot change. When the couple drift to Spain to the dazzle of the fiesta and the heady atmosphere of the Bullfight, their affair is strained by new passions, new jealousies, and Jake must finally learn that he will never possess the woman that he loves.


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Powerful, intense, visually magnificent, Fiesta is the novel which established Ernest Hermingway as a writer of genius.

Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistably beautiful, but with an abandoned, sensuous nature that she cannot change.

When the couple drift to Spain to the dazzle of the fiesta and the heady atmospher of the bullfight, their affair is strained by new passions, new jealousies, and Jake must finally learn that he will never possess the woman he loves.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A bitter-sweet tale of love, lust and lost opportunities, 28 Dec 2001
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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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises, 26 Oct 2008
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'Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises' is the first Hemingway book I read many years ago and is one i've recently re-read. Partly autobiographical and based on his time in Paris, this book showcases Hemingways style perfectly. Short, well crafted sentences that portray the full feeling in any given scene without you realising how deeply you are being affected. You get a sense of feeling of the characters without truly knowing them, which is kind of true of life and a unique talent Hemingway shares. The book builds in tension as the group of friends move to Pamplona for the fiesta and bull running until it reaches it's climax. The end is in no way earth shattering, but a true example of human nature and the mistakes that we make that plague us so. I tend to feel that there are other Hemingway books to try first (Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls) but as the first book of his I read, this has a special place in my heart and is definitely well worth a read to immerse yourself in the style and book that truly made him famous. If you enjoy this then try 'A Moveable Feast' which is the memoirs of his time in Paris and a wonderful read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Odd but good, 24 Jan 2004
This is the first of Hemingway's novels that I've read, and it's one of the most curious I've seen. Without trying to give away plot details, it seems as if very little actually happens in the novel, and Hemingway's method of narration seems, at times, more apt to reporting rather than novel writing. But it works. I finished the book, put it down, and wondered what it was all about. But at the same time I felt like I'd enjoyed it.

Hemingway's narrative approach may seem a little bit curious on your first reading of the novel- for example, his introduction of Robert Cohn at the beginning of the novel, only for the reader to find, later, that Cohn is far from the protagonist- but there is little denying that he creates haunting characters that produce various emotional responses, be they admiration, pity, or simple curiosity. This text is particularly rich with meaning when you stratch below the surface, and what can appear to be basic reporting narration is in fact particularly skillful.

Hemingway; I don't really know WHY I liked this, but I did.

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