Which Hemingway novel features a protagonist named Jake Barnes?

Jake Barnes is the protagonist and narrator of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. He is an American journalist living in Paris who travels with friends to Spain for the Pamplona fiesta and bullfights.

Jake is a veteran of World War I, and a wartime injury has left him impotent. His love for Lady Brett Ashley is therefore emotionally intense but physically impossible, creating one of the novel’s central conflicts. Jake’s restrained, observant narration reflects the frustration and disillusionment associated with the postwar “Lost Generation.”

The 1926 novel follows Jake’s circle through Paris, southern France, and Spain. Along the way, relationships deteriorate through jealousy, drinking, rivalry, and unfulfilled desire. Jake’s admiration for bullfighting also gives the book a moral contrast: he values courage, skill, and composure in the ring.

The Old Man and the Sea centers on the fisherman Santiago, For Whom the Bell Tolls follows Robert Jordan, and A Farewell to Arms follows Frederic Henry. None of those novels features Jake Barnes as its protagonist.