A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway’s memoir of his early years as a writer in Paris during the 1920s. He recalls living with his first wife, Hadley Richardson, working in cafés and struggling financially while developing his prose style. The book presents Paris as both a practical setting for daily life and a formative literary environment, with attention to food, travel, books and the discipline of writing.

Hemingway also records encounters with prominent writers and artists, including Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and F. Scott Fitzgerald. His portraits are often affectionate but sometimes critical, reflecting personal tensions as well as literary judgement. The memoir also revisits the breakdown of his first marriage and the emotional consequences of his affair with Pauline Pfeiffer. Published after Hemingway’s death, the book combines recollection, literary portraiture and reflection on ambition, friendship and artistic development.