Hemingway’s novel ‘The Sun Also Rises’ still inspires Americans to run with bulls in Pamplona

Hemingway fan, Bill Hillmann, has been gored three times while running with the bulls in Spain, but he wouldn’t miss this year’s San Fermin festival for anything.

PAMPLONA, Spain — Bill Hillmann has been gored three times while running with the bulls in Spain, but he wouldn’t miss this year’s San Fermin festival for anything.

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It marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway ’s book that launched the future Nobel Laureate to literary fame and put Pamplona on the map for millions of people around the world.

Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” has captivated generations of readers with its sexy Jazz Age tale of American and British bohemians trying to fill some inner void with the distractions of exotic travel, vast quantities of alcohol and the anguishing pursuit of impossible love.