January 2021
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
Moderator:
Fran Glaria | Traveling Steps
Host:
Trish Feaster | The Travelphile
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BOOK CLUB EVENTS
Recordings of these events will be available below—at the bottom of this page—after January 25.
• INTRODUCTION: Monday, January 4, 2021 | 11am PT | 2pm ET | 8pm GMT +1
Fran Glaria presents a live introduction to The Sun Also Rises from Ernest Hemingway’s room at Hotel La Perla. Join Fran and be part of the conversation on the Guide Collective Facebook Page.
• DISCUSSION: Monday, January, 25, 2021 | 11am PT | 2pm ET | 8pm GMT +1
GC Book Club Members will connect live with Fran at Pamplona’s Café Iruña (a favorite haunt of Ernest Hemingway) via a Zoom session (to be broadcast on GCFB at a later date). Members will be able to share their own insights from the reading, ask about questions related to the book and Spanish culture, and interact with one another. Bring your book and feel free to enjoy your favorite snacks or drinks! Hemingway would.
To join GCBC and receive the Zoom link, please email GC at theguidecollective@gmail.com. Links will be sent by January 24, 2021.
• Throughout the month, share your reading progress with GCBC in the comments below on our social channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, inspired by his first trip to Pamplona and his fascination with bullfighting culture, is considered by many to be his greatest. Full of sharp prose, this novel tackles love and lust, integrity, masculinity, the struggles of the Lost Generation, and the 1920’s ex-pat culture in Paris and Pamplona.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1889-July 2, 1961), who wrote in succinct and powerful prose, is one of America’s most influential writers. His time as a journalist with the Kansas City Star , his service with Red Cross as an ambulance driver in World War I, and his life as an ex-pat and foreign correspondent with the Toronto Star in Europe were early contributors in shaping his writing style and storytelling. His own adventure-chasing exploits in Africa, Cuba, Spain, and Florida seemed larger than life and shape the mythology of the man. Having written seven novels and two works of non-fiction during his lifetime (additional works, such as A Moveable Feast, were published posthumously), Hemingway was award the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 for The Old Man and the Sea.
For a deeper look into Spain of the 19th-21st centuries, explore this list of exemplary book about Spanish life, curated by Fran Glaría.
GC Book Club January 4, 2021 | Introduction to The Sun Also Rises
Moderated by Francisco Glaría and hosted by Trish Feaster
GC Book Club January 25, 2021 | Group Discussion for The Sun Also Rises
Moderated by Francisco Glaria and hosted by Trish Feaster.
Special guest: John Hemingway—author of Bacchanalia and grandson of Ernest Hemingway
Guide Collective extends its deepest gratitude to John Hemingway for joining our inaugural group discussion. It was a true honor and pleasure to learn about his own experiences in Pamplona during San Fermín and to get his personal insight into his grandfather Ernest Hemingway and the works of literature he created.
To learn more about John Hemingway, you can visit his blog.
And for more information about his book Bacchanalia: A Pamplona Story, you can explore Good Reads.
