Also, I couldn't help being impressed at his fascination with the Russian writers - Turgenev, Tolstoi, Dostoyevsky:"From the day I had found Sylvia Beach's library, I had read all of Turgenev, what had been published in English by Gogol. Yes, probably romanticized a bit - or even more than a bit! - it having been written so much later in life, but I couldn't let that bother me: the writing was just too good.During these years in Paris (1920s), still as a young writer, Hemingway encounters interesting personalities and describes them to the fullest: Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and Scott Fitzgerald are in particular given colorful portraits. A certain unavoidable feeling of rhythm to his writing. Because right from the start, Hemingway's way of narration flows so easily, not overrun by flowery metaphors and yet so compelling. One feels intrigued and disappointed at the same time about such a statement. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw light on what has been written as fact".
In the Preface, Hemingway writes: "If the readers prefer, this book may be regarded as fiction.
Widely celebrated and debated by critics and readers everywhere, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and unquenchable enthusiasm that Hemingway himself epitomized. Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford, and insightful recollections of Hemingway’s own early experiments with his craft. Also included are irreverent portraits of literary luminaries, such as F. Now, this special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published.įeaturing a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest’s sole surviving son, and an introduction by grandson of the author, Seán Hemingway, editor of this edition, the book also includes a number of unfinished, never-before-published Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son, Jack, and his first wife Hadley. Since Hemingway’s personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined the changes made to the text before publication. Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches.
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