I hate asking myself, “Is this real? Or maybe this,” which is why I often stick to pure fiction. Though the book ultimately left me a bit miffed at the couple, I realize these individuals weren’t puppets McLain could maneuver Hemingway’s own A Moveable Feast provided extensive source material, and the author incorporated details from personal correspondence and more. Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife, a novel based on Hemingway’s first marriage to Hadley Richardson, is an ambitious and moving look at a couple’s early romance and disintegration set against the gritty backdrop of post-World War I Paris. Since his death in 1961, “Papa” seems to be getting more, not less, popular and recent novelizations of his life have proven wildly popular. Ernest Hemingway is a fascinating - and enduring - American icon.
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