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A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published 1964 memoir about his life in Paris during the 1920s. Through linked recollections, Hemingway describes his early writing career, his marriage to Hadley Richardson, and encounters with expatriate figures including Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ezra Pound. The book is a retrospective literary portrait rather than a comprehensive autobiography, and its text was edited from unfinished manuscripts.
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A Moveable Feast ranks #15 of 124 in the Autobiography ranking, behind The Story of My Experiments with Truth, ahead of My Family and Other Animals.
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Which writers appear in Hemingway's A Moveable Feast?
Hemingway recalls encounters with Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The portraits are personal and sometimes cutting, so readers should treat them as Hemingway's recollections rather than neutral biographies.
What period of Hemingway's life does A Moveable Feast cover?
The memoir concentrates on his years as a young writer in Paris during the 1920s. It also follows his first marriage to Hadley Richardson and the circumstances surrounding its collapse.
Why was A Moveable Feast published after Hemingway's death?
Hemingway left the memoir unfinished when he died in 1961. His widow, Mary Hemingway, edited the material for its first publication in 1964, and a later restored edition presented a different arrangement.
Where does the title A Moveable Feast come from?
The title comes from a remark attributed to Hemingway about carrying the memory of Paris wherever one goes. The phrase was selected for the posthumous book rather than used by Hemingway as a settled manuscript title.
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