From his native Midwest in Idaho, where he committed suicide, via Italy, where he made his debut, Spain, where he discovered the festivals and bullfights on the fringes of the war, Paris and the Florida, “Le Figaro” followed in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway through his literary work.
Harry's Bar barely survived the death of the man who made its legend for sixty years. The glass door of the famous establishment, located at the beginning of Calle Vallaresso, on the side of the Grand Canal, has disappeared behind a plank of wood. Through a window, we can see the interior, the wooden bar, the corner table where the man who called himself "Papa" sat, facing the room to better observe, listen and participate in conversations while drinking and drinking. in writing. Drinking a lot: smooth dry martinis, montgomery, a gin cocktail with a touch of vermouth, champagne and Veneto wines.
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“ Hemingway was never drunk, or else it just couldn't be seen ,” Arrigo Cipriani remembers,
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