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El lector de los siete relatos recogidos en esta antología encontrará, aparte del genio literario y la ácida crónica social que han entronizado justamente al autor, historias llenas de la inmediatez y el pálpito de la vida vivida a fondo, una ironía casi benevolente que contrarresta el fondo de amargura, y una lucidez a prueba de engaños y desengaños. Escritas entre 1920 y 1931 ?entre el espejismo de los locos años veinte y la resaca de la crisis del veintinueve?, estas narraciones ofrecen una panorámica condensada de lo mejor de la obra de Scott Fitzgerald, desde cuentos clásicos como «El niño bien» o «Bernice a lo garçon» a rarezas redescubiertas a bombo y platillo como «El curioso caso de Benjamin Button».
Bernice a lo garçon ; El palacio de hielo ; El curiosa caso de Benjamin Button ; El niño bien ; La última belleza sureña ; Un viaje al extranjero ; Retorno a Babilonia
Bernice a lo garçon ; El palacio de hielo ; El curiosa caso de Benjamin Button ; El niño bien ; La última belleza sureña ; Un viaje al extranjero ; Retorno a Babilonia
271 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1931
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,215 books25.7k followersFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald, widely known simply as Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. Although he achieved temporary popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald received critical acclaim only after his death and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
Born into a middle-class family in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald was raised primarily in New York state. He attended Princeton University where he befriended future literary critic Edmund Wilson. Owing to a failed romantic relationship with Chicago socialite Ginevra King, he dropped out in 1917 to join the United States Army during World War I. While stationed in Alabama, he met Zelda Sayre, a Southern debutante who belonged to Montgomery's exclusive country-club set. Although she initially rejected Fitzgerald's marriage proposal due to his lack of financial prospects, Zelda agreed to marry him after he published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise (1920). The novel became a cultural sensation and cemented his reputation as one of the eminent writers of the decade.
His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), propelled him further into the cultural elite. To maintain his affluent lifestyle, he wrote numerous stories for popular magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, and Esquire. During this period, Fitzgerald frequented Europe, where he befriended modernist writers and artists of the "Lost Generation" expatriate community, including Ernest Hemingway. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), received generally favorable reviews but was a commercial failure, selling fewer than 23,000 copies in its first year. Despite its lackluster debut, The Great Gatsby is now hailed by some literary critics as the "Great American Novel". Following the deterioration of his wife's mental health and her placement in a mental institute for schizophrenia, Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night (1934).
Struggling financially because of the declining popularity of his works during the Great Depression, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood, where he embarked upon an unsuccessful career as a screenwriter. While living in Hollywood, he cohabited with columnist Sheilah Graham, his final companion before his death. After a long struggle with alcoholism, he attained sobriety only to die of a heart attack in 1940, at 44. His friend Edmund Wilson edited and published an unfinished fifth novel, The Last Tycoon (1941), after Fitzgerald's death. In 1993, a new edition was published as The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
Born into a middle-class family in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald was raised primarily in New York state. He attended Princeton University where he befriended future literary critic Edmund Wilson. Owing to a failed romantic relationship with Chicago socialite Ginevra King, he dropped out in 1917 to join the United States Army during World War I. While stationed in Alabama, he met Zelda Sayre, a Southern debutante who belonged to Montgomery's exclusive country-club set. Although she initially rejected Fitzgerald's marriage proposal due to his lack of financial prospects, Zelda agreed to marry him after he published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise (1920). The novel became a cultural sensation and cemented his reputation as one of the eminent writers of the decade.
His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), propelled him further into the cultural elite. To maintain his affluent lifestyle, he wrote numerous stories for popular magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, and Esquire. During this period, Fitzgerald frequented Europe, where he befriended modernist writers and artists of the "Lost Generation" expatriate community, including Ernest Hemingway. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), received generally favorable reviews but was a commercial failure, selling fewer than 23,000 copies in its first year. Despite its lackluster debut, The Great Gatsby is now hailed by some literary critics as the "Great American Novel". Following the deterioration of his wife's mental health and her placement in a mental institute for schizophrenia, Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night (1934).
Struggling financially because of the declining popularity of his works during the Great Depression, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood, where he embarked upon an unsuccessful career as a screenwriter. While living in Hollywood, he cohabited with columnist Sheilah Graham, his final companion before his death. After a long struggle with alcoholism, he attained sobriety only to die of a heart attack in 1940, at 44. His friend Edmund Wilson edited and published an unfinished fifth novel, The Last Tycoon (1941), after Fitzgerald's death. In 1993, a new edition was published as The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
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October 4, 2019
"El curioso caso de Benjamin Button" es un tanto atípico al sello de las historias de Fitzgerald: jóvenes alocados, ricos, que sufren las consecuencias de los excesos de una vida frívola cuando el paraíso se ha perdido y los años de gloria han pasado. Además del mencionado, el libro incluye seis historias al mejor estilo de sus novelas más famosas.
December 31, 2018
Mi primer libro de Fitzgerald. Definitivamente, no era lo que esperaba pero tampoco significa que no me complaciera leerlo.
February 25, 2024
4.5
Me encanta.
Es uno de los grandes.
(Que pena el final de “Retorno a Babilonia)
Me encanta.
Es uno de los grandes.
(Que pena el final de “Retorno a Babilonia)
December 31, 2013
Los cuentos deben tener un final que sorprenda o conmocione al lector; alguna vez escuché eso, lo asumí y aún lo creo. Salvo un par, ninguno de los cuentos de Fitzgerald en este libro cumplen con lo anterior, pero no dejan de ser muy buenos, con un ritmo casi cinematográfico y descripciones claras, precisas y en cantidad justa.
Tal vez deba advertirse que tanto personajes como historias son "estadounidenses" hasta los huesos y (en)clavadas en los años 20s, pero aclarando que no por ello el libro es menos disfrutable.
Tal vez deba advertirse que tanto personajes como historias son "estadounidenses" hasta los huesos y (en)clavadas en los años 20s, pero aclarando que no por ello el libro es menos disfrutable.
November 9, 2013
¡Grande!
January 21, 2015
El único cuento con un final que vale la pena es "Retorno a Babilonia"
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