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Jim
Feb 24, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: non-fiction, memoir, hemingway
I think that Papa Hemingway is falling out of favour with me. Or maybe I'm judging this one more on content than I am assessing it as a work of literature, I don't know. All I can tell you is that I didn't enjoy this book as much as some of his other works.

Hemingway passes this off as a work of fiction, although every word in it is undoubtedly true. I imagine the disclaimer was necessary in order to forestall any possible defamation lawsuits. In any event, he is absolutely beastly in his treatm ...more
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Suvi
Jul 28, 2008 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: _north-america, _france, 1940-1969, cities_paris, memoirs, literature
I bought this because it was about Paris (I've been slightly obsessed with it lately) and because for some time I've wanted to try Hemingway. Perhaps I need to try something else for this didn't impress me at all. There are certainly writers who write really well with almost no descriptions and with a very few words but Hemingway (in this case) just wasn't one of those. His writing style is incredibly boring. There was so much potential to write an amazing piece of memoir considering who he hang ...more
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Jen
Aug 30, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: popular-nonfiction, american-literature


This has been my summer of reading about people's early careers. I love Hemingway and this didn't disappoint. It's a great look at his life in Paris in the 20s, the other writers he kept company with, and his writing process itself. ...more
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Kay
Aug 02, 2007 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: biogr-memoir, american-lit, nonfiction
I've never warmed to Hemingway, much as I've wanted to. Despite the fascinating Parisian subject matter, this just rubbed me the wrong way. ...more
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Jenny
Oct 23, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: male-authors, fiction, classics, hemingway, american-lit
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