The novel “Fiesta” ("And the Sun Rises") by Ernest Hemingway included in this edition is dedicated to the “lost generation.” The novel’s heroes, returning from the slaughter of the First World War brutally traumatized (spiritually and physically), strive to escape the burden of painful memories. Unhappy and rootless, each in his or her own way, they look for support in life and do not find it. Hence the frantic pace of their existence, the constant thirst for new experiences, and hunger for sincere human emotional companionship. But they can feel truly renewed and fully alive only during those rare moments that all-consuming love and friendship, communication with nature, and a fiesta give them.