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Избрани творби в три тома: Том 1
Разкази и автобиографична проза.
592 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1986
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,122 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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May 24, 2020
Не е моят автор. Сух, телеграфен, неемоционален стил. Бяха ми съвършено безразлични и сюжет, и герои от тези разкази.
January 17, 2018
За мен това беше един доста странен и различен свят, защото винаги съм виждала светът на Фицджералд много далечен от реалността. Дори когато се опитвам да го възприема като нещо, което е било някога. Това е един свят, в който любовта има странна форма и където нравите са твърде необясними. Но не мога да отрека факта, че Фицджералд създава много интересни женски персонажи, което по принцип уж не се отдавало на всеки писател мъж.
Все пак аз продължавам да предпочитам "семейните" разкази - има нещо много топло в отношенията между баща и деца (защото, независимо от интересните типажи жени, бащата винаги има по-здрава връзка с децата).
В някои истории има много печал, в други - някаква весела искрица, победа над онова, което ни потиска. В интерес на истината... аз щях да продължа да си представям Фицджералд обгърнат от меланхолия и тъга, ако не беше автобиографичната проза. В него е имало някаква искра. И романтична представа за света, определено, но в никакъв случай само и единствено мъка.
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Все пак аз продължавам да предпочитам "семейните" разкази - има нещо много топло в отношенията между баща и деца (защото, независимо от интересните типажи жени, бащата винаги има по-здрава връзка с децата).
В някои истории има много печал, в други - някаква весела искрица, победа над онова, което ни потиска. В интерес на истината... аз щях да продължа да си представям Фицджералд обгърнат от меланхолия и тъга, ако не беше автобиографичната проза. В него е имало някаква искра. И романтична представа за света, определено, но в никакъв случай само и единствено мъка.
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И друго по темата: http://knigoqdec.blogspot.bg/2016/05/...
September 29, 2015
Разказите на Фицджералд не са дълбоко емоционални и разтърсващи. Финалът на историите, противно на очакваното, е неутрален - героите не биват разкъсвани от някоя най-страшна мъка, но няма и хепи енд. Страстта в сюжета умира в спокойствие. Не примирение, а себеосъзнаване и продължаване напред. Сякаш Ф. разказва свои преживявания и измисля "изход", който да не нарани никого.
July 31, 2019
Тази книга за мене беше като кутия с бонбони, обещаваща различни вкусове. За мое съжаление обаче, малко бяха тези, които не включваха отегчени дебютантки, млади наследници и любов, вирееща единствено върху добре (под)платена почва. Дори десетилетия след годините на джаза разказите му нямаше да са по-различни.
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June 14, 2020Потискаща меланхолия и чувство за обреченост. Не е моето четиво.
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