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...MOVEABLE FEAST, by Ernest Hemingway. Funny, if often unkind reminiscences of the literati (Gertrude Stein, Ford Madox Ford, Scott Fitzgerald) who befriended the young unknown writer in his Paris springtime before The Sun Also Rises thrust him into their own outer-world of fame...
INDONESIA. The dinner menu is a table d'hote Indonesian feast (Kambing Masak Bugis, Ajam Panggang) served by candle light while Balinese and Sumatran dancers perform to the twangs and gongs of the gamelan orchestra...
NONFICTION 1. A Moveable Feast, Hemingway...
INDONESIA. The royal-looking pavilion shaped like a crown houses another favorite fair feeding spot for potentates and VIPs. The dinner menu is a table d'hote Indonesian feast (Kambing Masak Bugis, A jam Panggang) served by candlelight, the entertainment Balinese and Sumatran dances performed to the twangs and gongs of the gamelan orchestra...
...modern Barcelona, the feud of two passionate gypsy clans, the Tarantos and the Zorongos, provides a turbulent prologue to the first meeting of young Rafael and Juana at a wedding feast. Dark eyes burn, hands slap out flamenco rhythm, bare feet pound the golden dust: thus Director Rovira-Beleta wordlessly launches a tale of love at first sight with an excitement that Shakespeare himself might envy. Later he tries too many tricky variations on the familiar story line, occasionally becoming somewhat incoherent, but his feel for Spanish gypsy folkways never falters. The tragedy mounts while men, women and children dance...