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While some may argue nothing can beat a summer in the Hamptons, taking a break and escaping in Hemingway’s world in A Moveable Feast doesn’t seem like a bad idea either. His life in 1920’s Paris seemed like a vacation everyday, and while the party scene in the Hamptons may seem eventful to some, it seems dull in comparison to Hemingway’s scene. Travels to Spain, skiing in the Alps, and the company he kept in Paris - whether it be Gertrude Stein, F.Scott Fitzgerald, or Ezra Pound, these were only a few of the people he caroused with, drank with, boxed with and dined with. More »
Even though many people here in the Hamptons have a number of things in common with Alice, the leading lady of the London-set Wrecking Ball - like a boarding school education, endless access to money and drugs, and a life of parties, fashion shows, and travel - most aren’t able to summarize it into one neat little novel, as Christina Spens‘ does here. The author, who was only nineteen when the book came out, wrote the novel from the first-person perspective of four characters living lavish lifestyles in London, post graduation - high school that is. More »
While some may argue nothing can beat a summer in the Hamptons, taking a break and escaping in Hemingway’s world in A Moveable Feast doesn’t seem like a bad idea either. His life in 1920’s Paris seemed like a vacation everyday, and while the party scene in the Hamptons may seem eventful to some, it seems dull in comparison to Hemingway’s scene. Travels to Spain, skiing in the Alps, and the company he kept in Paris - whether it be Gertrude Stein, F.Scott Fitzgerald, or Ezra Pound, these were only a few of the people he caroused with, drank with, boxed with and dined with. More »
Even though many people here in the Hamptons have a number of things in common with Alice, the leading lady of the London-set Wrecking Ball - like a boarding school education, endless access to money and drugs, and a life of parties, fashion shows, and travel - most aren’t able to summarize it into one neat little novel, as Christina Spens‘ does here. The author, who was only nineteen when the book came out, wrote the novel from the first-person perspective of four characters living lavish lifestyles in London, post graduation - high school that is. More »
