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Although this novella stands out from Fitzgerald's body of work as a playful yet sinister fairy tale, it brilliantly fuses his lush fantasies about the extremes of wealth with a somber understanding of what underpins it. Loosely inspired by a summer spent working on a ranch in Montana, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is Fitzgerald’s hallucinatory tribute to the American West and its promises. It tells the story of John T. Unger, a young Southerner who goes to Montana for summer vacation with a wealthy college classmate. However, the classmate’s family proves to be much more than simply wealthy; they own a mountain made entirely of one solid diamond and have gone to dreadful lengths to conceal their secret, putting John in danger. Yet the family also has a daughter, the lovely Kismine, and with her help, John may yet escape the fate that has befallen all their other guests.
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2005
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- Titolo
- The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
- Lingua
- Inglese, Russo
- Autori
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- Pubblicato
- 2005
- ISBN10
- 9666202336
- ISBN13
- 9789666202331
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Fantasy, Classici, Racconti, USA, Letteratura Americana, XX Secolo, Storie, Novelletti, Edizione bilingue
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- Although this novella stands out from Fitzgerald's body of work as a playful yet sinister fairy tale, it brilliantly fuses his lush fantasies about the extremes of wealth with a somber understanding of what underpins it. Loosely inspired by a summer spent working on a ranch in Montana, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is Fitzgerald’s hallucinatory tribute to the American West and its promises. It tells the story of John T. Unger, a young Southerner who goes to Montana for summer vacation with a wealthy college classmate. However, the classmate’s family proves to be much more than simply wealthy; they own a mountain made entirely of one solid diamond and have gone to dreadful lengths to conceal their secret, putting John in danger. Yet the family also has a daughter, the lovely Kismine, and with her help, John may yet escape the fate that has befallen all their other guests.