It all began with a rainy weekend and Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen’s illuminated love letter to the city of lights. You have probably seen the movie , as it quickly became Allen’s top grossing film of all times. It was Paris brought to life, through the characters who shaped our uniquely romantic American vision of the Jazz Age, F.Scott, Zelda and Hemingway. Feeling the blunt, raw energy of EH, led me down my summer reading list.
As I was about to go off to Climbing Kilimanjaro, I had to reread The Snows of Kilimanjaro, a brilliantly powerful, compact tale. You know what it is about.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories ($7)
This led to Paula McClain’s Parisian Wife, a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway’s early day in Paris, as told by his first wife Hadley Richardson. McClain revealed a tender side of Hemingway that we seldom see among the bravado and bluster of his persona. This heartbreaking tale of love and loss, is a wonderful summer read.
The Paris Wife ($14)
As while I was downloading, I found David McCullough’s The Greater Journey American’s in Paris which traces the American’s in the late 1800’s who first ventured across the sea, hungry for knowledgeand how they were transformed by the experience.
The Greater Journey ($21)
And now that summer is at it’s end, I have saved this brilliant reread for now and am practically giddy with the anticipation of it.
A Moveable Feast ($11)
