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The Crack-Up

English · Paperback

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Compiled and published after Fitzgeralds death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a collection of personal essays, notes and letters that chronicle the late authors state of mind in his darkest moments. In turns philosophical and personal, these musings lay barethe anguish and turmoil of a life falling apart, yet manifest a degree of hope forthe future and a determination to hang on. Providing invaluable insight into the final years of the Jazz Ages most iconic figures, The Crack-Up demonstrates that the author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night did not only excel in the field of fiction.

About the author

F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896 in St. Paul (Minnesota) geboren, hatte nach den Studienjahren in Princeton mit 24 Jahren sein Ziel erreicht: Sein erster Roman 'Diesseits vom Paradies' machte ihn auf einen Schlag berühmt und reich, mit seiner Frau Zelda stand Fitzgerald im Mittelpunkt von Glanz und Glimmer. 'Der große Gatsby', sein heute meistgelesenes Buch, war jedoch ein finanzieller Flop. Alles endete im schrecklichen Kater der Wirtschaftskrise. Alkohol, Zank und Geldprobleme zerstörten die Ehe mit Zelda. Um Geld zu verdienen, ging Fitzgerald 1937 als Drehbuchautor nach Hollywood, wo er 1940 starb.

Summary

An entertaining and eclectic miscellany that sheds light on the author and his times, The Crack-Up is an invaluable companion to such well-known works as The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night.

Product details

Authors F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scott F. Fitzgerald
Assisted by Edmund Wilson (Editor)
Publisher Alma Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 01.04.2018
 
EAN 9781847497185
ISBN 978-1-84749-718-5
Dimensions 128 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
Series The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies

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