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a moveable feast. ernest hemingway
part of what the Paris wife was based on in terms of information gathered about Hadley (hemingway's first wife). what was interesting were the "introduction" and "preface" regarding the stories that hemingway kept changing.....or the fact that he could not really decide on a title. i am so glad i read it in light of my fascination with hemingway in the twenties but probably not noteworthy on its own. although, some of his comments on fitzgerald are rather snarky and therefore delightful to read.
the sun also rises. ernest hemingway.
still working through some hemingway. okay, but what I loved about this was that I had some biographical context for this story.....if any of the paris wife novel was true...for example, the character that he based brett on and how she caused a scene in pamplona when a group of parisian expatriates went for the running of the bulls. again, in the context of my readings I loved it. had I just read on my own, I might have missed some of the nuances of his writing and the humor he added to real life people and absurdities.
lisa see.
SO..... vastly different from hemingway. i love being swept away into another time and place. i found this similar to my experience reading memoirs of a geisha. china 1860s, foot binding, farming, rural china, women in the upper chambers, arranged marriages.....the whole cultural experience of a well researched, well written world of two girls: lily and snow flower. it is the story of female friendship over years with hurt and the need for forgiveness. I thought it was beautifully written and actually preferred it to the other book i read of hers (shanghai girls).
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