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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
I skimmed much of this, because I cared little about the content. But, I do love Hemingway's writing.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Not my favorite Hemingway, perhaps because he was waxing nostalgic at this point. Indeed, his title implies that he was remembering those early events in a favorable light.
It seems that Paula McLain used this memoir as the basis for The Paris Wife. Reading both together creates a sort of 'he said / she said' effect - interesting, but McLain crafts the better tale.
NOTE: The phrase 'moveable feast' is found in Albert Camus's 1942 novella The Stranger
It seems that Paula McLain used this memoir as the basis for The Paris Wife. Reading both together creates a sort of 'he said / she said' effect - interesting, but McLain crafts the better tale.
NOTE: The phrase 'moveable feast' is found in Albert Camus's 1942 novella The Stranger
I love this book, both because it reminds me of a great trip to Paris and because it made me love and understand Hemingway for the first time. A Movable Feast gives me shivers, makes me smile, gasp, and groan. His essays give the reader an amazing insight into his life, marriages, and writing career.
The star meter jumped all around while I was reading this; sometimes it was terrific and fascinating, sometimes I was sort of bored and other times slightly annoyed. So I settled in the middle.
Trivial and dull. He was obviously not at his best.
Interesting peek into young Hemingway's life and writing process. It makes me wish I liked Paris more. The chapters about Scott Fitzgerald were a fascinating character study. You can read these famous authors' works, but you never really know how they were as living, breathing [drinking, sweating, crazy] people.
Anyone who is into the Lost Generation writers should definitely check this out.
Anyone who is into the Lost Generation writers should definitely check this out.
“‘We’re always lucky,’ I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.”
My second (or third?) time reading this masterpiece by Hemingway and I’ll never cease to be deeply moved by the clarity and earnestness of his straightforward prose.
My second (or third?) time reading this masterpiece by Hemingway and I’ll never cease to be deeply moved by the clarity and earnestness of his straightforward prose.
3.5
Me costó enganchar con esta lectura porque tiene un ritmo bien peculiar, tipo corriente de la conciencia. Lo que sí es que me gustó más de The Sun Also Rises, quizás después de leer este le pueda dar una oportunidad más a Hemingway.
Este es un relato autobiográfico, con algunos elementos de ficción, tiene muchas historias interesantes de escritores y artistas de la época en que Hemingway vivió en París, mi parte favorita sin duda fue la parte de los Fitzgerald. Tiene su cuota de humor Hemingway. Quizás hubiera disfrutado más el relato si hubiese conocido a todas las personas a las que se nombra.
Me costó enganchar con esta lectura porque tiene un ritmo bien peculiar, tipo corriente de la conciencia. Lo que sí es que me gustó más de The Sun Also Rises, quizás después de leer este le pueda dar una oportunidad más a Hemingway.
Este es un relato autobiográfico, con algunos elementos de ficción, tiene muchas historias interesantes de escritores y artistas de la época en que Hemingway vivió en París, mi parte favorita sin duda fue la parte de los Fitzgerald. Tiene su cuota de humor Hemingway. Quizás hubiera disfrutado más el relato si hubiese conocido a todas las personas a las que se nombra.
loved this more than i expected. 3rd time's a charm hemingway!