I have a fond memory of reading Ernest Hemmingway's
A Movable Feast when it was published in 1964. That was after Hemmingway died. He hadn't published it yet when he died. When I went to buy it for my nook, I discovered there are two versions of the book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Moveable_Feast
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Ernest Hemingway worked on the manuscript of A Moveable Feast during his later years, painstakingly rewriting several key passages. He had prepared a final draft before he died. After his death, his fourth wife Mary, in her capacity as Hemingway's literary executor, did editing in consultation with the publisher.
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In 2009 a new edition, called the "Restored Edition," was published by Seán Hemingway, a grandson of Hemingway and his second wife Pauline Pfeiffer. He was an assistant curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He made numerous changes...
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There is criticism of both versions. How does one decide which one to get?