“A Moveable Feast”: Hemingway’s Paris Adventures

“Emily in Paris” is a forbidden association here

Last year, I was in the mood to read the classics, so I picked up “A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway:

“A Moveable Feast” is a memoir and a sketchbook of the time when a young and poor Hemingway lived in Paris during the 1920s.

He was a foreign correspondent at the time, and his literary career was just beginning. I hadn’t read anything by Hemingway in many years, and picking up this book reminded me how much I like his writing style.

“A Moveable Feast” is a bit random, as you might expect from a diary-style narration.

Hemingway writes about his relationship with his first wife and the woman he cheated on her with, who later became his second wife (spoiler alert — he had four wives in total).

He also writes about his friendships within the American expat community in the 1920s Paris, including his relationship with Scott Fitzgerald and other writers and artists of that time (spoiler alert — Fitzgerald was an alcoholic).

The book has many interesting moments. For example, Hemingway writes about being poor and constantly hungry in Paris, which was especially hard with all the bakeries and restaurants on the Parisian streets. Apparently, this is why his novels and literary works have a bigger focus on food and drinks.

“A Moveable Feast” is, if I’m not mistaken, the author’s last published work. It’s definitely a good read, full of stories about Paris and getting drunk with famous artists.

Beer of the day is an easy choice — my favorite Blue Moon!

I do repeat this beer quite a lot here, but it always features different surroundings.

This picture is special as it was taken at one of the stalls during the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe festival.

It was our first time experiencing Fringe, and oh me oh my, what an experience! It was truly amazing, and felt like a month-long carnival. I definitely had a post-Fringe blues afterwards.