

“Since I had started to break all my writing down and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do.

Photograph in the Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Boston. EH 5738P Ernest Hemingway, Paris, circa 1924. In a two-part post, I’m sharing six lessons I gleaned from reading A Moveable Feast, the restored edition.ġ. The reader also learns of Hemingway’s struggles as a writer. Copious amounts of white wine accompany dishes of oysters or fried fish. The smell of baguettes fresh out of the oven fills the air. Fires warm cafes in the Paris of December. Ernest Hemingway makes 1920s Paris come alive in A Moveable Feast.
