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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Romanticized or not, what a privilege to get a glimpse into Hemingway's life as a very poor, yet very happy, writer living in Paris. He suggests that readers regard this book as fiction if they prefer, so one can assume that all fact includes some fabrication. Nevertheless, his exchanges with the likes of Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce contain an undeniable and beautifully tragic component that bears all the markings of the truth.
Amazing. He does so much with so little. Hemingway is a force of nature.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
"I’ve seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I
never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to
this notebook and this pencil."
never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to
this notebook and this pencil."
I loved it way more than I’d expected! When I picked it up, I didn’t know I’d read a kind of autobiographical book about Ernest Hemingways time in Paris during the twenties. Having watched “Midnight in Paris” for the first time a couple of months before, reading the point of view of Hemingway made it even more compelling.
This is like writer's porn. Hemingway dishes the dirt on Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitz, and many more of the Lost Generation. I'm an avowed Hemingway-hater, but now I have to rethink my entire attitude towards him.
