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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
One of those, geez why don't I write more books. For any Hemingway fan, though, it's great to read about how he approaches his craft (the secne in the Paris cafe where he gets in "the zone" and scrawls out Big Two-Hearted River" is awesome). It's also especially entertaining to hear about his life in Paris hanging out with the likes of Joyce, Stein, Pound and Fitzgerald. The Fitzgerald roadtrip is priceless. But I can't help but feel that 'Papa' isn't being totally honest with his reader here. He never did tell anyone what his characters were thinking but, in a memoir, well, that gets a little problematic. Especially with all of the major changes going on in his life. Warning: drinks will be consumed. And, really, who remembers all the details of every drink you had?
reflective
medium-paced
Incredibly nostalgic, especially if you've lived in and loved Paris.
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Although the material might seem boring--small vignettes of Hemingway's early adult life--it's just extremely captivating. I can't quite put my finger on why, which is frustrating. I think that it's at least somewhat his style; like you're an old friend of his and he's just talking to you. But I also think there's a certain mood of bittersweet happiness that ties his stories together. Definitely something I'm going to re-read!
I've been wanting to read this for a while now. APPARENTLY, I already did.
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
My first Hemingway, and it was a great experience. I appreciate his "fear of adjectives," as he doesn't rely on them to describe things. And describe them he does, with strong nouns and verbs, in a way that filled my mouth with the food he enjoyed, that bundled me in the warm blanket of the Paris he painted. A Moveable Feast is a quiet book, and I felt a true sense of escape when I read it; I wish I had read the book in Paris, so that I might have enjoyed my Hemingway with a cup of café crème.
It takes me a bit to get into Hemingway's writing, but once I got into it, I enjoyed this memoir/series of vignettes about his experiences in Paris with the literary community in the 1920s. I enjoyed reading about his writing process (When he got stuck he would tell himself: "All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.").
“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other…It was always worth it and we received a return for whatever we brought.”