Old Man And The Sea & Moveable Feast & Sun Also Rises

One of Hemingways most enduring writings is The Old Man and the Sea. Its the storey of a down-on-his-luck old Cuban fisherman and his ultimate experience a relentless excruciating battle with a gigantic marlin far out in the Gulf Stream told in language of remarkable simplicity and power. Hemingway recasts the old theme of courage in the face of defeat of personal success achieved through loss in a stunningly contemporary language.. This tremendously famous novella written in 1952 underlined Hemingways influence and presence in the literary world and helped him earn the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.. A Moveable Feast published posthumously in 1964 is one of Ernest Hemingways most well-known novels. Its a classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s full of sarcastic depictions of fellow expatriate luminaries like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein emotional memories of his first wife Hadley and incisive recollections of his own early trials with his art. Its a literary feast beautifully recreating the jubilant air of Paris following World War I as well as Hemingways youthful vitality boundless imagination and unquenchable excitement.. Ernest Hemingways masterwork The Sun Also Rises is a great example of his simple but forceful language. The story features two of Hemingways most memorable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and takes a heartbreaking look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I age.Follow the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they travel with a colourful gang of exiles from the riotous nightlife of 1920s Paris to the horrific bullfighting rings of Spain. It is a time of moral bankruptcy spiritual disintegration unfulfilled love and fading illusions. The Sun Also Rises first published in 1926 helped Hemingway establish himself as one of the best writers of the twentieth century.