a moveable feast

Hemingway’s lyrical memoir of 1920s Paris celebrates his formative years among fellow writers, revealing the charm, hardship, and artistic spirit of a bygone literary era.

Set in 1920s Paris, A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway is a memoir of his early years as a struggling writer among a community of artists and expatriates. With vivid, often nostalgic recollections, Hemingway captures encounters with literary giants like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound, as well as the rhythms of café life, hunger, love, and creative discipline. The book offers a personal and atmospheric portrait of a vanished time, full of charm, hardship, and artistic growth.

Written in Hemingway’s later years and published posthumously in 1964, the memoir blends clarity and introspection with the emotional distance of hindsight. It reveals not only the literary landscape of interwar Paris but also Hemingway’s evolving views on writing, marriage, and memory. As the centennial of this golden era in Hemingway’s life approaches, A Moveable Feast endures as a lyrical tribute to youth, art, and the enduring romance of Paris.