A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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Genres: Classics

36 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 9, 2016

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listened to the unabridged audio version, and painfully read the hard copy (not large print), but I still find I don't particularly like Mr. Hemingway or his writing. The book gives some interesting verbal and a few actual pictures of many of the known literary giants of his era. F. Scott Fitzgerald seemed to have been a tortured soul, and I found myself surprised that so many of these writers leaned on alcohol, and non-prescription drugs. (I must have lived a very sheltered life until college, when I first found out what "Mary Jane" was; the most desperately bad thing in our lives was 3.2 beer!!)

Nonetheless, I plowed through it, and did enjoy many parts of it. Having not been to most of the places he and Hadley visited and stayed, it was intriguing to hear about them and the lifestyle of these folks, many of whom had very little money, but managed to live cheaply by ordering their priorities differently from many of their peers.

I actually read a different issue of the book, with a forward by his son, but couldn't find that edition on Goodreads list.

[Cheryl Mueller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book Analysis Sets Context for Book Groups

This book helps the reader understand the genre of A Moveable Feast and the era in Paris in which it is set. It also sheds light on the expatriate life in 1920s Paris. I read it every time I return to Paris!

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Half of the chapters are incredible, more like five stars, but some of them are not. All of the scenes with dialogue with his wife are incredibly pedestrian and boring. The one about the mountains and snow storm, and the ones about Fitzgerald, are the best.

[Saa · Rating 4 out of 5]

hemingway’s paris vibes hit different.super cozy and full of old school cool