Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Wistful Bibliophilic Imbiber



Back in university, I quickly grew to love the works of Hemingway, for the clarity of his style, and the no nonsense nature of his derring-do.

But now rereading them 30 years later, especially his later novels, I like the nostalgic voice of middle-age, reflecting back with fresh perspective on those realized dreams of youth. 

Particularly with ‘A Movable Feast,’ reading it at 20 got me dreaming of the potentialities of a life in Paris, on being a young man there. But reading it again at 50, I dreamt of what I did instead.


On the turntable:  Lee Ritenour & Larry Carleton, "Larry & Lee"

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