The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1926, is a novel that captures the disillusionment and aimlessness of the "Lost Generation" in the aftermath of World War I. Through the eyes of the narrator, Jake Barnes, the story follows a group of expatriates living in Europe as they grapple with their shattered ideals and the search for meaning in a world that no longer makes sense.

Hemingway’s spare, direct prose style and vivid depictions of the characters’ struggles with love, identity, and loss have made the novel one of the defining works of the 20th century.