![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He describes the details of Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas’ hospitality, and hementions that “ Ezra Pound was always a good friend and he was always doing things for people.” Elsewhere, Hemingway describes Pound as “the most generous writer I have ever known” and Hemingway says that Pound is “kinder and more Christian about people than I was.” Hemingway expresses no reluctance in judging those around him (sometimes rather harshly), yet nonetheless he seems to be self-conscious about his tendency to be hard on his friends.Īs important as friendship is shown to be in the book, it is also cast as being rather fragile. Hemingway is clearly preoccupied with what it means to be a good friend. The descriptions of Hemingway’s friendships with other artists and writers emphasize his role within an important creative community, but they also form significant meditations on the nature of friendship itself. Although A Moveable Feast is autobiographical, its main focus is arguably not Hemingway himself, but rather his relationships with others. ![]()
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