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A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway
I bought this book in 2003 after the first time I came home from Paris. I put it on my book shelf and stared at it for quite awhile and then forgot about it. The problem, of course, is that I hate Hemingway. His stripped bare prose is just not for me. I didn't really consider reading this again until reading [b:The Paris Wife|8683812|The Paris Wife|Paula McLain|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320545874s/8683812.jpg|13556031], a fictional account of Hadley Richardson during the period she was married to Ernest Hemingway (the same period covered here). It still didn't quite happen. Then finally this year I read Naomi Wood's new novel [b:Mrs. Hemingway|18114165|Mrs. Hemingway|Naomi Wood|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1393788101s/18114165.jpg|25441395] and while I have never enjoyed Hemingway, I have always enjoyed tales about his life. Since this was tales from his life, written by the man himself, and dealing with my favorite city I decided it was far past time to read it. I guess my love of Paris won over my dislike of Hems cause I found this to be thoroughly enjoyable. Though I still don't enjoy his still, I really enjoyed the tales of his friends and experiences in a city he clearly idealizes from the early part of his career. It made me nostalgic for a time and place where I never was.