In 1926, the New York Times published a review of "The Sun Also Rises", stating that Hemingway's writing was so compelling, so lasting in the American psyche that "No amount of analysis can convey the quality of "The Sun Also Rises." ... As explored in an essay by Zoe Trodd, Hemingway's propensity for brevity was developed out of a sense that war had 'used up his words'. ... (Hemingway, Short 192) In the following passage from The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes relates - in an entirely factual way - an event that says more about Brett than ten pages of florid description. ...

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