A Moveable Feast

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Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, this work captures the essence of being young, poor, and writing in Paris during the 1920s. Hemingway arrived in Paris in 1921 as a correspondent for the Toronto Star, just after the Great War and amid a cultural transformation in Europe. Artists like Braque and Picasso were exploring cubism, while Joyce had completed Ulysses, and Stein recognized Hemingway as part of a "lost generation." During these formative years, the unpublished writer gathered material for his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, and the masterpieces that followed. The sketches within reveal unforgettable encounters with a diverse circle of artists and writers, some destined for fame, others fading into obscurity. The narrative evokes the Paris Hemingway knew, illustrating the streets, cafés, and bookshops that shaped his experience as a struggling young writer battling cold and hunger. This work serves as both an elegy for the remarkable expatriate community of the 1920s and a testament to the challenges and rewards of a writer's life.