A Moveable Feast-Ernest Hemingway

Earnest Hemingway’s self-written memoir about his life and the time he spent in Paris in the first half of the twentieth century that shaped his journey as a writer. A troubled writer who lived on the edge, married four times, became alcoholic and eventually committed suicide. Paris was not an expensive city in the early twentieth century. Neighborhoods around the river Seine attracted a big chunk of artists, intellectuals and writers from all around the world who were either struggling or trying to make it big. A big expatriate population with the likes of Scott Fitzerald, Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Juan Gris, Salvador Dali, William Faulkner, D.H. Lawrence and many others, gathered in local bars, cafes, bookstores and fed on each others creativity and eventually became big names. The era also gained significance as the number of disillusioned people rose post World War I and started questioning the futility of war. It influenced the thinking of these artists and intellectuals who then collectively laid the foundation of modern art and literature of our times. The energy borne out of these discourses also possibly explains the origin of the vibe of this city that is arguably one of the most creative and romantic cities of our times. Many of the cafes and bookstores from the early twentieth century still exist which add to the charm of this beautiful city.