Vélodrome d’Hiver
Former indoor velodrome in the 15th arrondissement, Paris (Literary), demolished in 1959.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| It’s All About the Bike - In Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels | Robert Penn | backdrop | Hemingway correcting proofs in a box at the six-day races. |
It’s All About the Bike — Robert Penn (2010)
Source: It’s All About the Bike - In Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels · Readwise highlight
He attended many six-day races in Paris in the 1920s, and edited the proof of
- Role: backdrop
- In the book: Penn notes that Hemingway went to many six-day races in Paris in the 1920s and edited the proofs of A Farewell to Arms in a box at the Vélodrome d’Hiver in 1929, later writing that the races were better than any story he had written about them.
- Why it matters: A brief literary aside; minor in the book.