Paris Without End

The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife

By: Gioia Diliberto

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Hemingway's creative influences for novels like The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea came not only from his famous hunting trips, his liaisons in Cuba, or his relationships with Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and other Lost Generation writers. During Hemingway's period of greatest literary foment, his most seminal relationship was with Hadley Richardson, his first wife.

In Paris Without End, acclaimed author Gioia Diliberto, biographer of Jane Addams and Brenda Frazier, delivers a gripping, novelistic exploration of Hadley's personality and her role in Hemingway's life, finally unclouding our view of Hemingway's relationship with the one woman he never stopped loving.

©1992 Gioia Diliberto (P)2020 Tantor

Excellent story gives insight into one of America’s great writers

Hemingway has certainly retained his place over time as a giant amongst American writers of the early 20th Century. Although his lifestyle and sometimes-unfavorable portrayal of women in short stories and novels drew criticism that was attributed it to his alcoholism and unchecked arrogance. This book shows some of the other contributors, although it certainly doesn’t ever paint him in a heroic light.

author's research

loved the reader's voice, memorable structure, history of families, easy ability to retrace sections, reading of letters

Insightful

A beautiful tribute to a beautiful love story
This book brings insight to much of Hemingway’s work

Insightful Book

I really like this book! Although I was already familiar with Hadley's background and parts of her story, it was neat read the narrative from Hadley's point of view! I was always wondering how the rest of her life went.