Hemingways France, Winston Conrad
Hemingways France, Winston Conrad
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Hemingway's France

Author: Winston Conrad

Narrator: Tom Parker

Unabridged: 2 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Nonfiction, Travel


Synopsis

Ernest Hemingways literary ambitions took root in France in the 1920s among some of the most extravagantly creative artists of the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Cole Porter, Sergey Diaghilev, and others were drawn to the left bank of the Seine in Paris after World War I. Hemingway joined them and, with the publication of his book, The Sun Also Rises, which epitomized Paris during the jazz era, became one of the most powerful forces in the vortex of talent and experimentation.Hemingways France follows Hemingways travels through Paris and the sundrenched south of France as he gathers material and inspiration for his art. With frequent quotations by Hemingway and his peers, this is a uniquely intimate portrait of an exciting era in the arts.

About Winston Conrad

Winston Conrad is a photographer and writer whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and other publications. During several trips to Europe, Conrad retraced Hemingway’s footsteps in Paris and on the backroads of France. After studying with Ansel Adams and at the San Francisco Art Institute, Conrad produced his first picture book, Fabled Isles of the South Seas, considered one of the best portraits of the South Pacific. Hemingway’s France is his second book.


Reviews

Short book pack with eloquence.......more

Goodreads review by yoli

Conrad writes in a style similar to that of the Lost Generation, and, apparently his father was part of it, so it feels like you are in another novel from the time. The pacing an order of the book are both conducive to a leisurely stroll through Hemingway's Paris. I want to find a physical copy of t......more

Goodreads review by Doug

Brief, descriptive, and to the point. Much like Hemingway's style of writing. Many interesting anecdotes that connect the dots between people he knew in France and characters in his short stories and novels. "Hemingway's France" does exactly what its subtitle says. It conjures vivid images of the Lo......more