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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
Interesting that so many famous authors and artists knew one another back then, in Paris.
This is the weirdest book I’ve ever read. It gives an interesting perspective of the time.
To be a good writer you have to be a druggie and alcoholic.
To be a good writer you have to be a druggie and alcoholic.
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mysterious
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relaxing
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funny
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Here is a memoir where the more interesting insights are not from the author's life but from the voyeuristic insight of the génération perdue. The book itself is indicative of Hemingway's terse yet unpretentious prose - i.e. commas substituted with the word 'and' and an aversion to adjectives. Similarly, I do find it refreshing to see titan's of 20th century reduced to actual people (on talking with Gertrude Stein, "If you brought up Joyce twice, you would not be invited back") despite admitting that this is a discretionary novel for those who would like to know more of the Modernist-Occupation of Paris where "nothing was simple".
An interesting and poignant autobiographical account of Hemingway and his years spent in Paris as a writer on the rise. Certainly worth reading for all his interactions with Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and F.Scott Fitzgerald. Favorite quote came at the end of the book.
"I sat in the cafe by myself, drinking wine, thinking how radical it would be if there was like, a book about a skateboarder who is also a detective."
"I sat in the cafe by myself, drinking wine, thinking how radical it would be if there was like, a book about a skateboarder who is also a detective."
Meh.
WHAT?!? How dare you? This is Papa that we're talking about.
Well sure. Movable Feast is a kinda memoir of Hemingway's time living and working in Paris.
He shares (sometimes) delightful stories that include F. Scott, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and others.
And yes he writes very much in the style of Hemingway....because he is.
If you are looking for a collection of pastiches (not stories really) that are dishy and eloquent, then this is for you.
WHAT?!? How dare you? This is Papa that we're talking about.
Well sure. Movable Feast is a kinda memoir of Hemingway's time living and working in Paris.
He shares (sometimes) delightful stories that include F. Scott, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and others.
And yes he writes very much in the style of Hemingway....because he is.
If you are looking for a collection of pastiches (not stories really) that are dishy and eloquent, then this is for you.
As autobiography, I just don't know but as fiction, this is a good read. I like the descriptions of life in Paris in the 1920's and there are some good stories that are well written.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced