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This Side of Paradise

By Fitzgerald, F Scott

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This Side of Paradise

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's extraordinary career as a novelist ended abruptly and unhappily, but it began with one of the most brilliant first novels in the history of American literature. Published when its author was just twenty-three, This Side of Paradise is about the education of a youth, and to this universal story Fitzgerald brought the promise of everything that was new in the vigorous, restless America during the years following World War I. Amory Blaine-egoistic, versatile, callow, and imaginative-inhabits a book that is interwoven with songs, poems, playscripts, and questions and answers. His growth from self-absorption to sexual awareness and personhood is described by means of a continuous improvisatory energy and delight. Far from being distracting, Fitzgerald's formal inventiveness and verve only heighten our sense that the world being described is our own modern world. A profound coherence informs This Side of Paradise-a coherence born of its author's uncanny ability to revel in the fragmented surfaces of human life while exploring and comprehending its serene depths.
Product details
Number of Pages:
296
Release Date:
1996-07-15
Publication Date:
1996-07-15
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0679447237
ISBN13:
9780679447238
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
449 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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