The Sun Also Rises: Quick Facts

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First edition cover of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, featuring a Greek-inspired illustration of a seated figure beneath a tree, with bold title text above.

Crowd of runners in white clothing with red scarves run alongside bulls on a cobblestone street during the Running of the Bulls at the Fiesta de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain.

Hemingway in Paris

Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway's son

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