Reviews - A Moveable Feast

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A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

3.93 AVERAGE

mfconvery's review against another edition

3.0

Love: Paris and 100 year old gossip

Hate: Hemingway, as a person, always

maddymaybenot's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

gakingmusic's review against another edition

4.0

"All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know." This was the signature of Hemingway's writing, and this book gives a glimpse into how Hemingway wrote, where his inspiration came from, and who he spent his time with in Paris in the 1920s. Paris and the 20s are a place and time that fascinate me, which made me very excited about this book. I didn't realize when I started it how revealing and inspiring it was going to be. It is very interesting to learn of the painters and writers who influenced Hemingway in his formative years, when he was using a career in journalism to support his love of writing short stories. Hemingway also writes about his colleagues and friends in Paris at the time. He had patience with very unusual people, and it seems like he was a good friend. The final three chapters focus on Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, who were among the strangest—but also the closest—of Hemingway's friends. If you find these topics interesting, then I highly recommend this book. I also recommend the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris, which includes a humorous portrayal of Hemingway and a spot on characterization of the Fitzgeralds. I have no doubt that Woody Allen read A Moveable Feast before he wrote the movie.