A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir recounts his life as a young writer in Paris during the 1920s, including his work, friendships, and marriage.

Ernest Hemingway: An American novelist and short-story writer known for spare prose and works including The Sun Also Rises. The memoir’s narrator recalls his early years before he became an internationally famous writer.
Mary Hemingway: An American journalist and editor who was Ernest Hemingway’s fourth wife. After Hemingway’s death, she edited and prepared the memoir for publication.
Memoir: A nonfiction narrative in which an author recounts selected experiences from their life. The book presents personal memories rather than a comprehensive account of Hemingway’s life.
Lost generation: A label associated with writers and artists who came of age during World War I and its aftermath. The memoir helps preserve the image of the postwar expatriate literary community.
Hadley Richardson: An American pianist who was Ernest Hemingway’s first wife. Hemingway’s recollections of their marriage and life in Paris shape the memoir’s emotional center.
Scribner: An American publishing house that has published many of Ernest Hemingway’s books. Scribner issued the memoir posthumously in 1964.
Paris in the 1920s: The French capital during a decade marked by postwar change and a large international arts community. Its cafés, bookshops, and expatriate circles provide the memoir’s setting.
Paris literary salon: A gathering where writers and artists meet to exchange ideas and build cultural networks. The book’s personal encounters evoke the social spaces through which Parisian literary life circulated.
Gertrude Stein: An American writer and art collector whose Paris salon brought together modernist artists and writers. Hemingway remembers her as a mentor and influential presence in his Paris years.
Posthumous publication: The release of a written work after its author has died. The memoir appeared after Hemingway’s death, with editorial choices made by others.

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Travel literatureBroader topic: It makes a city and its expatriate literary community part of a remembered journey.