Jake Barnes, an American journalist who was injured in his genitals during World War I, lives in Paris, spending his days with a group of affluent compatriots. In their alcohol and absinthe-fueled forays into various bars and clubs, but mainly during their trip to Pamplona, Spain, for a major local festival, the group's relationships will be driven through an uncontrollable underlying tension to an extremely delicate balance at the center of which will be the charming but nymphomaniac Brett, the apple of discord for three men in the group, with disastrous consequences.
The first major novel by the great Nobel laureate author, which immediately made his name famous and has continued to captivate readers around the world for nearly eighty years, in a new translation.