tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post6187103569144418758..comments2023-09-28T06:50:19.573-04:00Comments on views from montparnasse: close encountersbrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16770376824847505367noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-46241621019520583502008-10-19T12:36:00.000-04:002008-10-19T12:36:00.000-04:00I don't know if I can fill you in. He devotes abou...I don't know if I can fill you in. He devotes about two pages to Maréchal Ney's statue and a good 20% of the book takes place in the Closerie des Lilas, and a good half of the book is about the Montparnasse area (where he lived during the second half of his stay in Paris).<BR/>If you like Hemingway and if you live/work in the area, I advise you to get another copy in an English bookstore and read it again.<BR/>(by the way, I work in the area too)David in Setouchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895289419248698831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-55239338961350713422008-10-19T12:28:00.000-04:002008-10-19T12:28:00.000-04:00Welcome aboard, David. I read A Moveable Feast a l...Welcome aboard, David. I read A Moveable Feast a long time ago, with no sense of the topography, and I have no recollection of what H. said. But I'd love to know (and I'm here without my books): can you fill me in?brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770376824847505367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-2269827209047954962008-10-19T09:26:00.000-04:002008-10-19T09:26:00.000-04:00I assume you've read Hemingway's "Moveable Feast" ...I assume you've read Hemingway's "Moveable Feast" and his description if this little piece of Parisian sidewalk.David in Setouchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895289419248698831noreply@blogger.com