The Sun Also Rises

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Michael Gandolfini

Actor Michael Gandolfini, star of The Many Saints of Newark, brings Hemingway’s masterwork to life with an original and captivating performance in this brand-new audiobook edition of The Sun Also Rises.

In his unforgettable first novel, Hemingway artfully illuminates the plight of the Lost Generation, weaving a poignant tale of love and loss in the aftermath of World War I. The story follows two expatriates living in Paris in the 1920s: Jake Barnes, an American war veteran and journalist, and Lady Brett Ashley, an independent Englishwoman exploring the opportunities afforded by a new era of liberated women and sexual freedom. Impotent due to an injury suffered during the war, Jake must navigate his hopeless love for Brett in a changed world of waning morality.

From Parisian society’s vibrant nightlife to the ruthless bullfighting rings of Spain, The Sun Also Rises takes listeners on a powerful journey through mass disillusionment, moral bankruptcy, and elusive could-have-beens. All the while, we see both the brokenness and resilience of a generation scarred physically and emotionally by the horrors of war.

Public Domain (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Every man must read!

The voice actor was a bit cringy but I forgive him because of his aficion.

Hemingway gem

It’s always worth the time it takes to hear this timeless story again. Yes, isn’t it pretty to think so?

Audible Rising!

This was one of the best presentations I've experienced in the Audible platform.

The narration was sublime - and made even a classic read such a this - ever more compelling!

"Remarks aren't literature." - Gertrude Stein

A few good passages describe bullfighting. Otherwise, the dialogue almost becomes a parody of Hemingway's style. The listener yearns for an occasional compound or complex sentence. It is painfully dull in story and character. One sees why Gertrude Stein called these diffident folks "the Lost Generation."
One feels like picking up a book by Salinger or Henry James when you are done.
The reader sounds properly uninspired.
Hemingway has better work despite this being considered by some to be his masterwork.

Distracting narration with American accented French and Spanish

Story is poignant but characters are abominable for the most part. Great description of scenery and character