Friday, June 10, 2016

Ernest Hemingway is One of My Favourite Authors
My favorite summer time read and one that I re-read every summer is A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.  It is about Hemingway's time in Paris with his first wife, Hadley.  Of the many memorable passages in this book, my most favorite is the following:

“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

With this passage, Hemingway makes me want to eat oysters.  And I don't even like oysters.  
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7 comments:

  1. GingerJune 10, 2016 at 4:01 PM

    Wow. That IS a feast for the senses!

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  2. KGMomJune 10, 2016 at 7:25 PM

    Nope. Even that spectacular prose does not make me want to eat oysters. But I do love Hemingway.




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  3. JayneJune 10, 2016 at 8:58 PM

    Ha! I'm not an oyster eater either, but loved the sentiment!

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  4. AnvilcloudJune 11, 2016 at 10:24 AM

    No oysters for me, but this book must be good to call you back like this.

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  5. Out on the prairieJune 12, 2016 at 6:04 PM

    Pass that plate to me. I love those little buggers, along with Hemingway's writings.

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  6. LauraHinNJJune 12, 2016 at 6:46 PM

    Hemingway fan too, but you can keep the oysters!

    ;-)

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  7. SusanJune 13, 2016 at 11:44 AM

    I don't like oysters, either. But I love clams----steamed, fried, in rolls, and in "chowdah." Oh yeah, and lobster. Mmm mmm mmm But scrap the oysters. ha! Susan

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