By 1959 he ended a period of intense activity: he finished "A Moveable Feast" (scheduled to be released the following year); brought "True at First Light" to 200,000 words; added chapters to "The Garden of Eden"; and worked on "Islands in the Stream".
Ko je bil novembra v Parizu so ga spomnili na zaboje, ki jih je leta 1928 shranil v hotelu Ritz.