Solitude & Exile

Meditations on isolation, exile, and the inner life.

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Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

Jake Barnes, a World War I veteran rendered impotent by his wound, travels with a group of expatriates from Paris to Pamplona for the running of the bulls. Hemingway's debut novel defined the "Lost Generation" of American writers in Europe.

United States 1926

Of Mice and Men

Two itinerant ranch workers in California — the sharp George and the simple, powerful Lennie — share a dream of owning their own land. A spare, tragic novella about friendship, loneliness, and the crushing of dreams.

United States 1937

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