I just finished reading the foreward, acknowledgments, and introduction to A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway and I must say that I don't know if I am going to totally understand this book.
The foreward had me confused from the beginning, I have no idea what it was trying to say, I think it may have been trying to inform me of where the title of the book came from, but then again I am not totally sure of that. I really got confused whenever it was talking about the different types of the Bible and I had no clue how that related to the title of this book.
Whenever reading the acknowledgments I got the impression that the person that edited this version of the book may have been Mr. Hemingway's grandson. Other than that the acknowledgment part of the book was like any other acknowledgment of a book, it just thanked everyone that helped write and publish the book.
In Chapter One Hemingway is writing about walking down the street of a town in the wind and rain. He says the wind and rain is so cold that it has made people shut their windows. He talks about a cafe where everyone is at to stay out of the cold weather, they are drinking and he says that he stays clear of the cafe because of the foul odor.
He continues on and talks about how he is wondering about how cold his room at the hotel is going to be and he decides to look up at the chimneys to see if there is any smoke coming from them and to see which way it is going. He looks but there is no smoke. He thinks the chimney may be cold and not draw the smoke from the room and that the room could fill with smoke.
He finally finds a pleasant cafe that he decides to stop at. He orders and the waitress brings the order to him, this is when he pulls out paper and pen and decides to write about a day in Michigan that is similar to the day he is experiencing. While writing a pretty lady walks in and he wants to put her in his story but doesn't know where to put her.
Closer to the end of the chapter he talks about him and his wife moving. She agrees to go and asks when he wants to leave and he tells her he wants to leave now.
