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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
After reading "A Paris Wife" about Hemingway and his first wife Hadley, I was eager to read this book that captures that time through Hemingway's point of view. short vignettes bring to life many of the same situations that were touched on in "A Paris Wife".
"Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast captures what it meant to be young and poor and writing in Paris during the 1920s. A correspondent for the Toronto Star, Hemingway arrived in Paris in 1921, three years after the trauma of the Great War and at the beginning of the transformation of Europe's cultural landscape: Braque and Picasso were experimenting with cubist forms; James Joyce, long living in self-imposed exile from his native Dublin, had just completed Ulysses; Gertude Stein held court at 27 rue de Fleurus, and deemed young Ernest a member of rue génération perdue; and T. S. Eliot was a bank clerk in London. It was during these years that the as-of-yet unpublished young writer gathered the material for his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, and the subsequent masterpieces that followed."
"Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast captures what it meant to be young and poor and writing in Paris during the 1920s. A correspondent for the Toronto Star, Hemingway arrived in Paris in 1921, three years after the trauma of the Great War and at the beginning of the transformation of Europe's cultural landscape: Braque and Picasso were experimenting with cubist forms; James Joyce, long living in self-imposed exile from his native Dublin, had just completed Ulysses; Gertude Stein held court at 27 rue de Fleurus, and deemed young Ernest a member of rue génération perdue; and T. S. Eliot was a bank clerk in London. It was during these years that the as-of-yet unpublished young writer gathered the material for his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, and the subsequent masterpieces that followed."
This was an interesting companion to our book club's reading the Paris Wife. Now I will be compelled to read A sun also rises in the next year. Hemingway was a very interesting man and how fantastic must it have been to running around Paris with all of those cultural icons. I keep thinking about his comments about being poor and happy. Perhaps that is the secret to bliss...
Definitely recommend reading the later edition which has much needed background material and perhaps is an edition truer to the author's intent.
Definitely recommend reading the later edition which has much needed background material and perhaps is an edition truer to the author's intent.
The next time I go to the store, I'm buying a journal. Let's see, ummmm. "Today. I woke up. Dressed. Made breakfast. Exercised. Turned on TV. Watched it for three hours, then turned it down for background noise. Did laundry. Picked up iPad. Read ebook. Made lunch. Petted the neighbor's cat"
I think EH is safe from me poaching his audience.
'Chapter 2. Miss Stein instructs'. --that's Gertrude Stein, famous writer, talked with EH about how to write and about different books.
'Chapter 9. Ford Madox Ford and the Devil's Disciple'. --a cafe encounter where EH endures a conversation with this famous writer whom he dislikes.
'Chapter 11. Ezra Pound and the Measuring Worm' --Pound, the famous poet, wanted to learn to box. EH taught him a few lessons.
'Chapter 17. Scott Fitzgerald' --EH goes on a road trip with Fitzgerald.
EH is warm, outgoing and charismatic in these pages. He notices everything important and writes so lively, I forgot this has all passed into history. : ( He knows EVERYBODY who was famous in Paris. His walks often took him to salons, studios, cafes and homes which we only know by watching PBS, but his descriptions have the added bite of personal reflection and succinct observations.
Wow.
I think EH is safe from me poaching his audience.
'Chapter 2. Miss Stein instructs'. --that's Gertrude Stein, famous writer, talked with EH about how to write and about different books.
'Chapter 9. Ford Madox Ford and the Devil's Disciple'. --a cafe encounter where EH endures a conversation with this famous writer whom he dislikes.
'Chapter 11. Ezra Pound and the Measuring Worm' --Pound, the famous poet, wanted to learn to box. EH taught him a few lessons.
'Chapter 17. Scott Fitzgerald' --EH goes on a road trip with Fitzgerald.
EH is warm, outgoing and charismatic in these pages. He notices everything important and writes so lively, I forgot this has all passed into history. : ( He knows EVERYBODY who was famous in Paris. His walks often took him to salons, studios, cafes and homes which we only know by watching PBS, but his descriptions have the added bite of personal reflection and succinct observations.
Wow.
The next time I go to the store, I'm buying a journal. Let's see, ummmm. "Today. I woke up. Dressed. Made breakfast. Exercised. Turned on TV. Watched it for three hours, then turned it down for background noise. Did laundry. Picked up iPad. Read ebook. Made lunch. Petted the neighbor's cat"
Hmmmm. My journal doesn't quite have the punch of Ernest Hemingway's daily record of his life in Paris, 'A Moveable Feast'. I think EH is safe from me poaching his audience.
'Chapter 2. Miss Stein instructs'. --that's Gertrude Stein, famous writer, talked with EH about how to write and about different books.
'Chapter 9. Ford Madox Ford and the Devil's Disciple'. --a cafe encounter where EH endures a conversation with this famous writer whom he dislikes.
'Chapter 11. Ezra Pound and the Measuring Worm' --Pound, the famous poet, wanted to learn to box. EH taught him a few lessons.
'Chapter 17. Scott Fitzgerald' --EH goes on a road trip with Fitzgerald.
EH is warm, outgoing and charismatic in these pages. He notices everything important and writes so lively, I forgot this has all passed into history. : ( He knows EVERYBODY who was famous in Paris. His walks often took him to salons, studios, cafes and homes which we only know by watching PBS, but his descriptions have the added bite of personal reflection and succinct observations.
Wow.
Hmmmm. My journal doesn't quite have the punch of Ernest Hemingway's daily record of his life in Paris, 'A Moveable Feast'. I think EH is safe from me poaching his audience.
'Chapter 2. Miss Stein instructs'. --that's Gertrude Stein, famous writer, talked with EH about how to write and about different books.
'Chapter 9. Ford Madox Ford and the Devil's Disciple'. --a cafe encounter where EH endures a conversation with this famous writer whom he dislikes.
'Chapter 11. Ezra Pound and the Measuring Worm' --Pound, the famous poet, wanted to learn to box. EH taught him a few lessons.
'Chapter 17. Scott Fitzgerald' --EH goes on a road trip with Fitzgerald.
EH is warm, outgoing and charismatic in these pages. He notices everything important and writes so lively, I forgot this has all passed into history. : ( He knows EVERYBODY who was famous in Paris. His walks often took him to salons, studios, cafes and homes which we only know by watching PBS, but his descriptions have the added bite of personal reflection and succinct observations.
Wow.
I purposely read this extremely slowly because I was savoring it! Paris in the 20s... what could be better? Makes you want to take up drinking, smoking, and writing. ;-) All in a Parisian cafe of course.
I purposely read this extremely slowly because I was savoring it! Paris in the 20s... what could be better? Makes you want to take up drinking, smoking, and writing. ;-) All in a Parisian cafe of course.
medium-paced
I'm giving it 3 stars for old time's sake. I remember crying over this and wanting to move to Paris. Of course I really wanted to live in Paris at the time so that was not hard to do. There are some really wonderful passages in the memoir but Hemingway is such a whiny pig and such a name-dropper--OY. The character that really stood out to me was his wife Hadley. And the book spurred me on to read a whole lot more about her.
informative
reflective
medium-paced