pickA Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway (pub. 1964) [RE-READ]
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Premise: The famed writer looks back on his time as a struggling writer in Paris in the 1920s
Review: There are few times and places as iconic Paris in the 1920s. In this memoir we have personal reflections on that epoch and its most important figures by one of its biggest and brightest names. For that alone it warrants a full five-stars, even if it‘s a bit unfocused at times.
“For all of us who lived in Paris; we will never forget it because Paris is a moveable feast.”
Just starting this.
#Feast
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
& no Paris trip is complete without a visit to Shakespeare and Company
These are the books I came out with:
- Sally on the Rocks reminded my of a Barbara Pym novel
- The Paris Trilogy was recommended to any lover of Annie Ernaux
- Virgina Wolf had prepared The Life of Violet for publication, so then I want to read this early work
- Paris in Winter is the #SundayBuddyRead for December next year
- & Braithwaite‘s highly anticipated 2nd novel
#Bibliophile #LostInTitle one of my favorite books about the time period. She knew everyone who came through Paris at the time.Hemingway,Fitzgerald, Stein, James Joyce . She was the first to publish Ulysses.
“The distance you put between places doesn't change the distance you have to travel inside. No passport, no plane ticket, no new city can fix what must be faced within. Growth isn't on a map — it's in the moments you finally meet yourself.”
Today involved a trip to Shakespeare and Co, as one must do when one is in Paris. I wrote a little in their Reading Room (a very little; someone else got to the convenient desk ahead of me) and bought some postcards since they don‘t allow photography.
Packing for a weekend trip to Colorado mountains ⛰️
Picked up this in hardcover from the library bookstore to read on the drive (IF I am not being “driver”) #classic #WiaN2025 category Wanderlust
My sister‘s book club was reading this, so I loaned her my copy. Many years ago. In her defense, at one point she offered it back after the meeting, but I suggested she hold onto it until she finished it. I‘m pretty sure she doesn‘t even know where it is now. That‘s okay. I‘ve read it twice and definitely have no desire to read it a third time. 🤣🤣
#sundayfunday
