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Bieng a fan of Hemingway and of his beautiful book "A Moveable Feast" I was intrigued by this book. I did not expect it to be such a masterpiece as A Moveable Feast is, but I also did not expect it to be so flat. The prose has no dynamic movement, the author seems to sometimes try a Hemingway-inspired sort of style, which does not work at all. The characters are not well developed. The book seems to rely too much on the fact that its characters are all well-known. At points, it seems the author
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This book really began my current obsession with Ernest Hemingway. I had been forced to read "A Farewell to Arms" in high school and thought Hemingway was a creeper. Then when I picked up this book I became intrigued by the cultural influences of the artistic clique in Paris in the 20's and realized there was more to this guy than my adolescent brain could comprehend. This book in and of itself is no masterpiece, but it is interesting to read the story of his first marriage and view some of the
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I loved this book. So beautiful and so sad. I truly believe Hadley was his true love.
This book gives us a new look at the life of Ernest in the paris years with his first wife. It gives a look at the years he writes about in his novel about the paris years from an outsiders perspective and is a real pleasure to read.
Aug 29, 2014
C.
marked it as to-read
Sep 16, 2014
Caitlin
marked it as to-read
Jan 15, 2016
Sue
marked it as did-not-finish
