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1、114•ThehemingwayReview•notes•eRnesThemingway’sTHESUNALSORISES:ThenovelasgossipWILLIAMADAIRRuamrudeeInternationalSchool,SwissSectionNotonlydoesmuchofTheSunAlsoRisestakeplaceingossipysettingssuchasthecafésoftheMontparnassedistrictorMontoya’shotel,butJakeBarnes,ournewspaperman
2、narrator,writesagossipcolumn.1Andasweshallsee,thereisacertainamountofspyingandeavesdroppinginthestory.ThatJakeisagossipcolumnistissuggestedmorethanonce.InChapter2,whileworkinginhisoffice,JakeasksCohn,whohasrecentlybeentoNewYork,whetherhehas“anydirt”onhis“exaltedconnections”
3、(9-10).Whichisironic:inthefirsttwochaptersJakeinfactdishesthedirtonCohnhim-self.PresumablyHarveyStoneisalsoasourceofgossip:JakeaskshimwhatMenckenislikeandlearnsthatheis“agarter-snapper”(43). AndasJakesitswithCohnattheSelect,thejiltedFrancesClynearrives. “Look,Jake. Iwant
4、totalkwithyou,”shesays—andtakeshimacrossthestreettotheDomewhere,asheopensanewspaper(the ParisTimes),shegiveshima“decentversion”ofherbreakupwithCohn(46,48). Hisleavingheraftertellingeveryonetheywouldbemarriedishumiliatingenough;shedoesn’twanttobeembarrassedinprint,too. She
5、knowsallaboutgossip. Inthedeletedopeningofthenovel,JakesaysthatFrances,adenizenofthecafédistrict,livesonrumors,gossip,andspecu-lationsaboutabortionsandinfidelities(“UnpublishedOpening”12).Thede-letedopeningfurthercorroboratesJake’sinterestin“valuableinformationandgossip”wh
6、enheasksBraddocksaboutapassingfigurethatBraddocksmistak-enlybelievestobetheCatholicwriterHilaireBelloc(14). ThecattyfirsttwochaptersofTheSunAlsoRisesmaybereadasgossip. Jakewaitsseveralmonthsbeforewritinghisstory—hementionsreviewsofCohn’snovel,whichapparentlycameoutinthefal
7、l.PerhapshewaitssolongtogetthegoodsonCohn.AboutCohn’sPrincetonboxingtitle,Jakesays:“IfinallyhadThehemingwayReview,vol.31,no.2,spRing2012.Copyright©2012TheErnestHemingwayFoundation.PublishedbytheUniversityofIdaho,Moscow,Idaho.noTes•115someoneverifythestoryfromSpiderKelly”(4,
8、6).Verify?WemightalmostthinkthatthesecretiveJakeisareliablenarrator.Exceptthatwesu
