![]() ![]() ![]() His follow-up story collection, Men Without Women, contains tales on subjects from Hemingway’s passions of bullfighting, skiing and boxing, to abortion, drug-use and war. The novel, based directly on one of Hemingway’s own trips to Spain with compatriots, explores the new spirit of the age, sexuality, violence and the “tough guy” author’s view of masculinity. They travel to the bullfighting in Pamplona while dealing with romantic jealousy within their group. The Sun Also Rises is considered by some to be Hemignway’s best work, and follows a coterie of “Lost Generation” American expats in Paris in the 1920s. The books were reissued in 20 by the Penguin Random House imprint Vintage, which has not cited any specific contentious content in the texts. Hemingway’s collection of short stories, Men Without Women, now carries an almost identical warning, differing only by alerting would-be readers to the fact that the book was originally published in 1927. It adds: “The publisher’s decision to present it as it was originally published is not intended as an endorsement of cultural representations or language contained herein.” The note added to the latest edition of The Sun Also Rises warns readers: “This book was published in 1926 and reflects the attitudes of its time.” ![]()
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