Fiesta

I've always been a little bit nervous when it comes to Hemingway. His clipped prose is so easy to read that I find I have to read entire novels repeatedly to get at the bits that he doesn't quite say. That said, this is a first reading of The Sun Also Rises. I really liked this novel. I loved Brett Ashley's character especially. She's wild, beautiful and a little bit heartless. It's a great combination. The way that the novel is written makes me want to write in Paris, and go fishing in Burguete. But the real gem of this novel is the festival of San Fermin. The setting is a thrilling place to set the most dramatic part of his novel, as Hemingway does by placing already hostile characters in a crowded, hot, violent setting. I love it.

coming soon: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Emma by Jane Austen, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens