That Summer in Paris
โ Scribed by Callaghan, Morley;Fitzgerald, Francis Scott;Hemingway, Ernest
- Publisher
- Exile Editions
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Edition
- New expanded edition
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
It was the fabulous summer of 1929 when the literary capital of North America moved to La Rive Gauchethe Left Bank of the Seine Riverin Paris. Ernest Hemingway was reading proofs of A Farewell to Arms, and a few blocks away F. Scott Fitzgerald was struggling with Tender Is the Night. As his first published book rose to fame in New York, Morley Callaghan arrived in Paris to share the felicities of literary life, not just with his two friends, Hemingway and Fitzgerald, but also with fellow writers James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, and Robert McAlmon. Amid these tangled relations, some friendships flourished while others failed. This tragic and unforgettable story comes to vivid life in Callaghan's lucid, compassionate prose. Also included in this new edition are essays by Callaghan on Hemingway, Joyce, Fitzgerald, and McAlmon, as well as the author's look back to those days in Paris and when he revisited 60 years later. The texts are followed by questions for...
โฆ Subjects
Authors, American;Authors, American--20th century;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary;Friendship;Intellectual life;LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General;Biographies;Biography;;Callaghan, Morley, -- 1903-1990 -- Friends and associates;Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961 -- Friends and associates;Fitzgerald, F. Scott -- (Francis Scott), -- 1896-1940 -- Friends and associates;Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography;Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY --
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