Save Me the Waltz

Informationen zum Autor Zelda Fitzgerald (1900 - 1948) was an American novelist and the wife of writer F.Scott Fitzgerald. She was an icon of the 1920s. She wrote magazine articles and short stories, and at 27 became obsessed with a career as a ballerina. Zelda was diagnosed with schizophrenia and died in a hospital fire. Klappentext 'Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.' One of the great literary curios of the twentieth century Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. During the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender is the Night , Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which strangely parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on Scott Fitzgerald's life and work. In its own right, it is a vivid and moving story: the confessional of a famous glamour girl of the affluent 1920s and an aspiring ballerina which captures the spirit of an era. Zusammenfassung During the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender is the Night, Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which strangely parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on Scott Fitzgerald's life and work.

Product details

• Authors: Z. Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.08.2001
• EAN: 9780099286554
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928655-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; New York, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, c 1920 to c 1929, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century