Hemingway: The Paris Years

by Michael Reynolds

Overview

"Excellent…Reynolds is as good on the Paris writing as he is on the Paris life." —Times Literary Supplement

The 1920s in Paris are the pivotal years in Hemingway's apprenticeship as a writer, whether he was sitting in cafes or at the feet of Gertrude Stein. These are the heady times of the Nick Adams short stories, Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and the writing of The Sun Also Rises. These are also the years of Hemingway's first marriage to Hadley Richardson, the birth of his first son, and his discovery of the bullfights at Pamplona.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393318791
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	05/17/1999
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	874,963
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Michael Reynolds was a professor of English at North Carolina State University and a finalist for the National Book Award for Young Hemingway. His other works include Hemingway: The Paris Years and Hemingway: The Homecoming.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Chronology
Maps
Part One: 1922
1. Losses
2. Making Connections
3. Rites of Passage
4. First Blood
5. On the Road
Part Two: 1923
6. Starting Over
7. Form and Ritual
8. Return to Toronto
Part Three: 1924
9. Transatlantic Passage
10. Two-Hearted Paris
11. The Literary Game
12. In Their Time
Part Four: 1925
13. Waiting in Schruns
14. Paris Doldrums
15. Summer of the Sun
16. End Game
17. The Secret Sharers
Notes
Index

What People are Saying About This

Scott Donaldson

The best book about how Hemingway became Hemingway.

Editorial Reviews

"Engrossing…Reynold's penetrating analysis and meticulous scholarship reveal Hemingway in all his complexity as man and artist, with no flaw glossed over. The hypocrisy, selfishness, paranoia, the discipline, genius, and ruthlessly self-promoting ambition—are all illuminated and woven into a narrative as compelling as a novel."

Choice

"The best book about how Hemingway became Hemingway."

Scott Donaldson

Engrossing...Reynold's penetrating analysis and meticulous scholarship reveal Hemingway in all his complexity as man and artist, with no flaw glossed over. The hypocrisy, selfishness, paranoia, the discipline, genius, and ruthlessly self-promoting ambition--are all illuminated and woven into a narrative as compelling as a novel.-- "Choice"

Reynolds establishes himself as without peer among those still sorting and sifting the tangle of lies and facts that are Hemingway's self-invented life...The genius of the book lies in a graceful and informative linkage between literary creation and biographical incident.-- "Library Journal (starred review)"

The best book about how Hemingway became Hemingway.--Scott Donaldson

From the Publisher

An excellent account of the formative years of the artist. . . . Reynolds is as good on the Paris writing as he is on the Paris life.

Times Literary Supplement