Short, witty and exciting collection of short stories, "Tales of the Jazz Age" is by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby. Divided into three parts, the tales are grouped into serious stories, non-sensical narratives, and fantasies. Among the most famous stories are the greedy and sinister The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, the utterly amusing and ridiculous The Camels Back, and the intriguing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has since been adapted into an award-winning film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. It is a great read for anyone having an interest in the Jazz Age, 1920s stories or Fitzgeralds fiction; and perfect for those who need something short and snappy to read on the go.
Alguna vez F. Scott Fitzgerald definió sus novelas como un intento de mostrar la vida de un hombre a través de un fragmento tratado apasionadamente. Como respondiendo a este designio literario, en la presente selección de su correspondencia se impone, al documento de vida, la experiencia de lo novelesco. En lo que va de una guerra a otra (1920 a 1940) las cartas a amigos, a editores, a E. Hemmingway, a T. S. Eliot, recortan la vida del escritor en torno a una pregunta: ¿qué ha pasado?, ¿qué, que pueda explicar la locura de Zelda o el alcoholismo de Scott? Texto valioso no porque en sus coincidencias evidentes con la trama de sus obras sirva como explicación de ésta sino porque como en EL GRAN GATSBY el CRACK UP, con aguda belleza, las cartas expresan "el destino trágico y oscuro de ser instrumento de algo incomprendido, incomprensible, desconocido."
Introduction, notes and activities by Winifred Farrant Bevilacqua The mythical figure of Jay Gatsby haunts this celebrated depiction of the Jazz Age. A profound commentary on the American Dream, Fitzgeralds masterpiece examines the decay of idealism, innocence and moral value in the decade following World War One. This edition also includes a selection of critical extracts on The Great Gatsby. Sales restricted to certain countries.
Capturing the spirit of the Jazz Age, these stories take the reader into a glittering society where failure, despair and madness forever whisper and threaten the music and laughter.
A collection of the post World War I writings of this great American novelist focuses on the novels and short stories he penned between 1920 and 1922, including This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, and "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong," among other seminal works.
In an early series of journalistic pieces for an American magazine, Motor, F. Scott Fitzgerald described a journey he took with his wife Zelda from Connecticut to Alabama in a clapped-out automobile which he called the Rolling Junk. It is a piece of writing whose style, in free-ranging alternation of fact and fiction, has been compared with Jerome K. Jeromes Three Men in a Boat. This book collects together the articles as one text, illustrated with the original illustrations of Fitzgerald, Zelda and the Junk. It features a foreword by acclaimed American travel writer Paul Theroux and a critical introduction by Julian Evans, who has written and broadcast about Fitzgeralds life and work for the Guardian and BBC Radio 3, among others.
