The Sun Also Rises #1 The novel is written by the renown Ernest Hemingway. It is not a challenging one but you should be at least at the intermediate level to get the whole idea of the book, generally Hemingway is famous for his well-written novels. The story is about "The Lost Generation" after World War one which has three main characters: 1- Jake Barnes who is an American journalist in Paris. Jacob is the story teller. 2- Lady Brett Ashley who is a so called modern girl. Ashley and Jacob are in love with each other but for some reasons they can not marry. 3- Robert Cohn, an ex-professional boxer in Princeton college who is living in Paris at the moment. He is a writter who dreams about traveling to South America. Photo: The Guardian