New York : Scribner, 2010.
xvi, 240 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports., facsimiles ; 23 cm
I've wanted to read this book for a while, especially since I added this new "restored edition" to the collection about five years ago, to replace our very old edition that was first published posthumously in 1964.
It is not a single narrative (or meal) but more like a buffet of Hemingway's Paris between the wars with interesting sections touching on writers such as Fitzgerald, Joyce, and Stein; living conditions for expats, early marriage, fatherhood, and the work of a struggling writer moving from journalism to fiction.
Some might find the discontinuous nature of the sections off-putting, but I found it quite wonderful. Each section is interesting in its own right, and the collection as a whole leaves you satisfied, but curious for more Hemingway.
I would definitely recommend this book for any student interested in Hemingway, or in literary Paris in the 1920s.
