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Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises is a novel that revolves around Jake Barnes, is set to win over Brett, a twice-divorced woman. Summary Of The Book Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises is based on a group of British and American expatriates who travel to the Festival of San Fermin, Pamplona, to witness bulls running and bullfights. The protagonist of this novel is Jake Barnes, who is an expatriate American journalist who currently resides in Paris. During a war, Jake suffered from a wound that’s now left him impotent. He soon falls in love with a twice-divorced woman, Lady Brett Ashley, who has had several love affairs in the past. Jake meets up with Robert, his college friend at a café, where the two play tennis. Jake gets hold of a prostitute and bumps into Brett and Count Mippipopolous at a club. Despite Brett confessing her love to Jake, both know they aren’t capable of sustaining their relationship. Jake, along with Bill Gorton travel to meet Robert Cohn for a fishing trip at Bayonne. Till a few weeks earlier, Cohn was having an affair with Brett. After Jake and Bill finish fishing, they start drinking heavily in Pamplona. The five, including Brett’s fiancé, Mike Campbell, resent Cohn’s presence, taunting him with anti-semitic comments. They enjoy drinking, attending bullfights, and bickering with each other during the fiesta. Jake then introduces Brett to Romero, who is a 19-year old matador. Brett is smitten by the young lad and seduces him. The jealousy among the four men begins to increase, as Jake, Romero, Mike, and Campbell, love Brett. Cohn, a former college-level boxer, fists up the remaining three. Romero is yet able to perform well in the bullring, despite being injured. After the fiesta is over, each of them return to their hometown. When Jake is on the verge of returning to Paris, Brett sends him a telegram, as she is in Madrid with Romero, and wants to return to Mike, her fiancé. Does Jake travel to Madrid, to possibly rescue Brett? Read on. Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises was adapted into a movie. About Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was an author. Some of Hemingway’s literary works include The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway, Across The River and Into The Trees, and The Old Man and The Sea. Hemingway was born on 21st July, 1899, in Illinois, U.S. He studied at Oak Park and River Forest High School from 1913 to 1917, where he was greatly involved in sports, and excelled at English classes. He then worked as a journalist for The Kansas City Star. Following that, Hemingway drove Ambulances during the First World War. Some of his experiences during the war prompted him to write his book, A Farewell To Arms. Hemingway was presented the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953. He committed suicide on 2nd July, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho. Hemingway was married four times, to Elizabeth Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh Hemingway.