Zelda Fitzgerald Libri

Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948) visse con Scott un amore all’altezza dei suoi libri: «belli e dannati», fecero della loro vita insieme un’opera d’arte e di sé stessi un simbolo della propria epoca. In questo volume sono raccolte alcune delle lettere più belle che Zelda inviò a Scott nell’arco di dodici anni, tra il 1919 e il 1931: appassionata, anticonvenzionale, burrascosa, in un susseguirsi continuo di slanci e cadute, la loro storia è per sempre immortalata in queste pagine, resa indimenticabile dalla personalità, dall’intelligenza e dalla sensibilità di una donna fuori dall’ordinario.

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald has long been perceived as the tragic "other half" of the Scott and Zelda legend. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, this southern belle turned flapper was talented in dance, painting, and writing but lived in the shadow of her husband's success. Her writing can be experienced on its own terms in Matthew Bruccoli's meticulously edited The Collected Writings of Zelda Fitzgerald.The collection includes Zelda's only published novel, Save Me the Waltz, an autobiographical account of the Fitzgeralds' adventures in Paris and on the Riviera; her celebrated farce, Scandalabra; eleven short stories; twelve articles; and a selection of letters to her husband, written over the span of their marriage, that reveals the couple's loving and turbulent relationship.Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald has long been an American cultural icon. The Collected Writings affirms her place as a writer and as a symbol not only of the Lost Generation but of all generations as she struggled to define herself through her art.  

Scott: "The Popular Girl" "Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar"* "Love in the Night" Scott and Zelda: "Our Own Movie Queen" Zelda: "The Original Follies Girl" "Southern Girl" "The Girl the Prince Liked" "The Girl with Talent" "A Millionaire's Girl" "Poor Working Girl" Scott: "The Hotel Child" "A New Leaf" Zelda: "Miss Ella" "The Continental Angle" "A Couple of Nuts" Scott: "What a Handsome Pair!" "Last Kiss" "Dearly Beloved" * = "Dice, Brassknucles & Guitar" appeared only in the Pocketbook edition of Bits of Paradise.

Presents the story of the confessional of a famous glamour girl of the affluent 1920s and an aspiring ballerina which captures the spirit of an era.

Now the subject of a major film by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan, this work is F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant fable of the hedonistic excess and tragic reality of 1920s America. Edited with an introduction and notes by Tony Tanner, it follows young, handsome, and fabulously rich Jay Gatsby, the bright star of the Jazz Age. As writer Nick Carraway becomes immersed in Gatsby's extravagant world, he confronts the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Beneath the glamorous facade lies a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled, leading to a destructive obsession that unravels Gatsby's life. Fitzgerald captures the disillusionment of post-war America and the moral failures of a society fixated on wealth and status. More than a reflection of a specific era, the narrative chronicles Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream, embodying the universal conflict between illusion and reality. Fitzgerald, who married Zelda Sayre, whose struggles influenced his writing, has attained mythical status in American literary history. His masterwork is often regarded as the 'great American novel.' After his death, The New York Times noted that he 'created a "generation"' in both fact and literary sense.

Amory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a series of relationships, until he is cast out into the real world.

Začínající balerína Alabama a úspěšný malíř David na první pohled vypadají jako dokonalý mladý pár. Skutečnost je ale jiná. Přestože oba patří k americké smetánce jazzového věku, jejich manželství se kvůli hádkám a žárlivosti rozpadá. Alabama nakonec přistoupí k ráznému kroku a od Davida i své dcery se odstěhuje, aby se mohla věnovat své kariéře v prestižním tanečním souboru. Vážné zranění ale všechno vmžiku změní.

Unkonventionell, klug und witzig – der Sensationsfund aus der Feder der Stilikone. Kaum jemand verkörpert den Zeitgeist der Roaring Twenties so wie Zelda Fitzgerald. Sie war der Prototyp des »Flappers«: frech, abenteuerlustig, extravagant. Ihre Erzählungen entführen uns in das glamouröse, schillernde Bühnenuniversum der Tänzerinnen, Schauspielerinnen und Sängerinnen und erwecken das Gefühl dieser Ära zum Leben. Die Lichter des Broadway, Schrankkoffer voll Tüllkleider, Orchideen in onduliertem Haar: Diese hinreißend sinnlichen Erzählungen handeln von der hohen Kunst, sich selbst zu inszenieren – und von dem Preis, den man dafür zahlt.