A book, a city: Hemingway's flowing feast, Paris will never have an ending.

Paris is known as the capital of art, culture and romance. It has its own magic power, and it is the place that scholars and artistic geniuses all over the world dream of reaching. For thousands of years, countless painters, musicians, writers and poets have emerged in Paris, which is the cradle of artists.

Paris is a splendid cultural treasure with rich artistic flavor and beautiful natural scenery, and people live a leisurely and comfortable life. Hemingway called it a "flowing feast".

From 192 1 to 1926, the American writer Hemingway lived in Paris for some time. At that time, he lived there as a reporter in Europe. However, it was not long before he gave up his job and tried to "start as a writer".

It was a difficult time. As a young writer who just started, Hemingway and his wife almost lived a precarious life. But they are positive and optimistic, and the full spirit and mentality of young people make their lives poor, but simple and happy.

The flowing feast is Hemingway's memory of those years in his later years. This is a collection of essays and a nonfiction novel. It is one of the most famous works in countless fictional or non-fictional works about Paris in history.

Hemingway said that Paris is the most suitable city for writers to write.

He once rented a room on the top floor of a hotel to write. There, you can see the panoramic view between the roofs and chimneys of the surrounding high slopes.

More often, he writes in the lilac garden in the slums of Paris. This used to be a cafe where poets met regularly. This is a comfortable, warm and kind place. The two waiters are Hemingway's friends.

Hemingway said that everyone has his own private cafe: they don't invite others to work, read and receive mail there alone.

Of course, he often looks for holiday places suitable for writing. When you can't write in Paris, or you need to avoid the bad weather in Paris in winter for a while. For example, he found a good writing place in Austria-Schlens in the Berg Valley of Hillard. There, he wrote, read and skied.

It looks really romantic. Indeed, life is rich and interesting, not monotonous at all. However, the reality is not only poetic.

In Hemingway's early writing career, the first thing he needed to face was the livelihood problem. He gave up his job and stopped writing articles that Americans would buy. When he started writing, he was heavily in debt. Communication, entertainment and three meals a day make him unable to make ends meet. No one is always willing to buy his stories, and opportunities are not willing to favor young people who support their wives and children and spend all their time writing.

Hunger is common. This is why there is such a passage in the book entitled "Hunger is a beneficial exercise".

However, for the young couple, the happiness at that time was very obvious. They walked along the Seine, took their favorite books to their favorite places for holidays, went to see horse races and made a "windfall". In order to avoid unnecessary entertainment and communication, they didn't get a haircut for several months. ...

Life is as simple as writing and happiness.

As we all know, Hemingway is the representative of the "lost generation" writers in America. In his works, he shows his confusion and hesitation about life, the world and society.

The so-called "lost generation" is a general term for American writers who appeared during World War I and World War II, which was put forward by American literary critic gertrude stein. Both show disappointment and dissatisfaction with the development of American society.

In The Flowing Feast, Hemingway once mentioned the origin of the "lost generation". At that time, there was something wrong with Miss Stan's old Ford Model T.. The young man in the garage served in the army in the last years of World War I, and Stan accused him of not repairing it seriously enough and protested. The boss scolded the young man severely and called him a "lost generation".

So Miss Stein called "all the young people who served in the war" a "lost generation", but Hemingway didn't seem to accept it. Because he doesn't know the opposite of conceit and mental laziness, and self-discipline, who should blame who is the lost generation. Obviously, he participated in the war, so he understood them and somewhat rejected Miss Stan's arrogance and rashness.

However, he also said that people of all ages were confused about why, so before, so after.

It's true. So, here, let's just call the friends we had with Hemingway in Paris the "lost generation".

In the book, the author mentioned many writers and poets. Such as James Joyce, ezra pound, Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Walsh. They were Hemingway's partners and friends when he was in Paris. They often met and exchanged ideas in cafes, streets or other places.

He talked with Evan shipman about reading, Russian writers and their works, and tried to read casually to find something to learn.

Establish friendship with Scott Fitzgerald and share his worries about life and writing;

Gertrude stein welcomes Hemingway and his wife to visit her studio at any time and often "teach" as an experienced person;

Sylvia Beach, the owner of Shakespeare Bookstore, is Hemingway's best candidate. She not only asked him to take books at will, but also cared about his health and life, told him to eat enough, not to eat cold food, to eat good hot food, and invited him to eat with his wife ... This passage was very, very warm;

There are also waiters in Lilac Garden Cafe, artists and hunters met during the trip, all of whom are Hemingway's friends.

From the book The Flowing Feast, we know that such a famous and great writer once had a hard past, but we can also feel how precious the lost happiness is.

The beauty of the past is often unforgettable, which is the same for everyone. In other words, for Hemingway, these past events are more meaningful to his later writing career.

His early life in Paris was not recorded until his later years, which shows that he always remembers those days. People who have read Hemingway's works are also moved by these words.

Personally, what moved me most was his writing in different places, his writing that he never gave up in the face of life pressure, his husband and wife's mutual support and simple happiness in difficulties. Among them, Hemingway's optimism is particularly commendable.

He said that stepping into a new world of literature in Paris, a place where no matter how poor you are, you can work, live a good life and have time to study, is really like getting a rich treasure;

He said that in Paris at that time, you could live by eating, drinking and dew; If you skip lunch from time to time and never buy new clothes, you can still save money for luxury goods.

Yes, that's how their days came. A little happiness is enough, and happiness seems to be everywhere. Life is so simple that only writing and happiness are left, and even the luxury of starving is so exciting.

Writing, drinking coffee, drinking, reading, skiing, horse racing, book stands by the Seine, people fishing on the shore ... Paris gives dreamers the impression of romance, except romance.

I think many people could understand and appreciate them at that time. After all, no matter how hard life is, you can look forward to the future as long as you don't give up hope.

However, at the end of the book, we see that Hemingway and his wife divorced. Between the lines, Hemingway expressed guilt and regret.

Hemingway wrote in the last article of this book, nothingness and nothingness:

When Hadley and I believe that we are inseparable, we still have confidence in some people and places. But after we separated, my first life in Paris ended here. ……

..... This schoolbag contains many cut-out parts of my memory and heart. Even though my memory has been eroded, my heart has been broken.

Although we know that his heartbreak stems from those eroded memories, it is obvious that a large part of it stems from his emotional decline and regret.