Hemingway's Paris: Our Paris?

by H.R. Stoneback

"H.R. Stoneback knows his Hemingway and his Paris. I had the incomparable experience of visiting Paris twice while working for Ernest Hemingway in 1959. I viewed the city at the side of the writer while he added the finishing touches to A MOVEABLE FEAST. Professor Stoneback's evocation of Hemingway's Paris of the 1920s is as close as I have come since to reliving those Paris days in the company of Ernest Hemingway. Reading this book will be a treat for all who love Hemingway and Paris, and a pleasant surprise for all readers." - Valerie Hemingway, author of RUNNING WITH THE MY YEARS WITH THE HEMINGWAYS "Professor Stoneback's lyrical prose takes the reader inside the soul of Hemingway's Paris, penetrating the surface of guide-books to reveal tantalizing secrets." - A.E. Hotchner, playwright, novelist, memoirist, Hemingway friend, and author of the classic PAPA HEMINGWAY "H.R. Stoneback's intense reading of Hemingway's Paris-revealing Hemingway's nuanced rendering of the deus loci and his intentionally subtle infusion of numinosity-is nothing short of nonpareil. Stoneback's work undoes decades of weak and negative criticism of Hemingway. Read this classic piece-a benchmark in the creative essay-and you will see exactly how and why Hemingway's Paris became Stoneback's Paris and by extension your Paris. Stoneback's HEMINGWAY'S OUR PARIS? shows, ever so illustratively and ever so doucement, how and why we read Hemingway." - Allen Josephs, past president of the Hemingway Foundation and Society, and author of RITUAL AND SACRIFICE IN THE CORRIDA "No one has written better or more wisely about Ernest Hemingway's Paris than H.R. Stoneback." - Donald Junkins, author of JOURNEY TO THE CORRIDA and other books H.R. Stoneback's 9000-word prose-poem HEMINGWAY'S OUR PARIS? constitutes a masterpiece of both appreciation and analysis by a scholar whose knowledge and love of Paris is as deep, profound and genuine as his knowledge and love of Hemingway.

48 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2010

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

I should start this by saying that I have a huge bias when it comes to H.R. Stoneback. His classes changed my life. The man is incredibly smart and he knows his Hemingway better than anyone I've ever met or read.

This is a great little book. It should be read in one sitting. Stoneback has a way with words and there really is some great poetry in here. Makes me want to go to Paris even more than I already did.

[JJ · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was super annoying to read. There was a lack of structure and the author went in and out of tangents about everything and nothing. I kept reading thinking somethng would catch my interest and stick. But in the end, I just wasted my time. Thank you Amazon for recommending this to me. Not.