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Ernest Hemingway

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The book provides excellent insight into Hemingway's life without wasting a word. Every Hemingway fan should read it.

Enjoy this book if you are a Hemingway fan or headed for Key West, and if you are out of time just enjoy the many pictures of Hemingway and the people who are important to his story. Fascinating contradictory individual. I have more questions now than I did before I read the book, as this is a fairly short overview. It was a great read to prepare for the ambience of Key West and the Hemingway house. You may choose to go deeper when you return home, or this may be the perfect overview for you.

Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" allows the reader to experience life on the other side of the page, so to speak, the life of the authors. Recognizing the author as a person, as having gone through the human experience, is an important aspect of the reading experience. It removes the barrier between the reader and the author thus allowing a better communication between the text and the reader. The author no longer seems distant and extraordinary, so the reader is able to absorb the book on his own terms, as one discusses life with a respected friend. Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" is particularly well-written, for Hemingway (as usual) does not talk down to the reader but rather includes the reader in his life as a matter of course. A truly remarkable bit of literature...