US News & World Report August 6 2007
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Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises
Published
in 1926 to explosive acclaim, The Sun Also Rises
stands as perhaps the most impressive first
novel ever written by an American writer. A roman à clef about a group of
American and English expatriates on an excursion from Paris’s Left Bank to
Pamplona for the July fiesta and its climactic bull fight, a journey from the
center of a civilization spirtually bankrupted by the First World War to a
vital, God-haunted world in which faith and honor have yet to lose their
currency, the novel captured for the generation that would come to be called “Lost”
the spirit of its age, and marked Ernest Hemingway as the preeminent writer of
his time.
Jostein Gaarder - Sophie’s World
A Novel About the History of Philosophy
“First, think of a beginner’s guide to philosophy, written by a schoolteacher ... Next, imagine a
fantasy novel— something like a modern-day version of Through the Looking Glass. Meld these
disparate genres, and what do you get? Well, what you get is an improbable international
bestseller ... a runaway hit... [a] tour deforce.”
—Time
One of the best history books for students from intermediate upwards and for those classes that have already studied English in their first, extra year (bilingual secondaries). A fascinating history of the USA from the time of the Amerindians to the culturally diverse but united country of today. Describes all the major events, and concludes with an evaluation of America's impact on the world this century. Makes extensive use of contemporary quotations to examine the contribution made by various people - not all of them famous - to American history.
