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Un diamante tan grande como el Ritz
El ansia de lujo y la exploración de la opulencia son temas recurrentes en muchas de las obras de Francis Scott Fitzgerald. En Un diamante tan grande como el Ritz, el autor critica la fascinación estadounidense con la riqueza durante la era del jazz, utilizando la metáfora de un diamante gigante para resaltar la magnitud de esta obsesión. El joven estudiante de Harvard, John Unger, descubre que la familia de su amigo es increíblemente rica porque posee un diamante del tamaño de una montaña. Lo que no sabe es que para mantener su riqueza en secreto, los Washington están dispuestos a hater cualquier cosa, incluso asesinar.
Berenice a lo garçon, por su parte, es el retrato de una joven que busca redefinirse en el torbellino de las normas sociales y de género de la época. El corte de pelo de la protagonista nos invita a reflexionar sobre como las elecciones personales pueden convertirse en actos de resistencia silenciosa en un mundo que busca la uniformidad.
Berenice a lo garçon, por su parte, es el retrato de una joven que busca redefinirse en el torbellino de las normas sociales y de género de la época. El corte de pelo de la protagonista nos invita a reflexionar sobre como las elecciones personales pueden convertirse en actos de resistencia silenciosa en un mundo que busca la uniformidad.
144 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2023
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,260 books25.8k 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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November 13, 2025
Segundo libro que leo de Scott Fitzgerald y este si que me ha gustado.
En esta edición vienen dos relatos.
El primero Un diamante tan grande como el Ritz: es una crítica a la riqueza y lo que la gente es capaz de hacer por conseguirla y retenerla y es que nuestro protagonista John Unger, estudia en Harvard, se hace amigo de un chico un poco raro pero muy educado y cuando este lo invita en verano a su casa descubre que su familiar es infinitamente rica pero a la vez descubre las atrocidades que han hecho por serlo, es corto pero engancha muchísimo.
El segundo: Berenice a lo carçon, una critica sobre el ser diferente en una sociedad que busca la uniformidad, se nos presenta a Berenice que es nuestra protagonista, una chica dulce, tímida con desconocidos... pasa el verano con su prima y la pilla criticandola, dolida le dice que quiene cambiar y ser como las demás, empieza siendo un éxito pero luego... las cosas de tuercen y el final tiene un giro que dirás ole 👏🏻
En esta edición vienen dos relatos.
El primero Un diamante tan grande como el Ritz: es una crítica a la riqueza y lo que la gente es capaz de hacer por conseguirla y retenerla y es que nuestro protagonista John Unger, estudia en Harvard, se hace amigo de un chico un poco raro pero muy educado y cuando este lo invita en verano a su casa descubre que su familiar es infinitamente rica pero a la vez descubre las atrocidades que han hecho por serlo, es corto pero engancha muchísimo.
El segundo: Berenice a lo carçon, una critica sobre el ser diferente en una sociedad que busca la uniformidad, se nos presenta a Berenice que es nuestra protagonista, una chica dulce, tímida con desconocidos... pasa el verano con su prima y la pilla criticandola, dolida le dice que quiene cambiar y ser como las demás, empieza siendo un éxito pero luego... las cosas de tuercen y el final tiene un giro que dirás ole 👏🏻
June 2, 2025
Esta vez quedé sorprendido la verdad, de lo que había leído de Fitzgerald creo que estas dos historias han sido mis favoritas, como siempre tienen ese drama de época que tanto le gustaba a él, pero la primera de ellas Un diamante tan grande como el Ritz tiene un tinte muy diferente a lo que anteriormente me había parecido Fitzgerald, la idea de una familia tan asquerosamente rica como para hacer lo que sea necesario para mantener en secreto la fortuna está muy interesante y creo que hasta el mismo Lovecraft hubiera sonreído un poco al final del cuento. Lo recomiendo para entretenerse un rato.
La otra historia Berenice a lo garçon me gustó, empezó medio tediosa pero la verdad al final me terminó de convencer.
La otra historia Berenice a lo garçon me gustó, empezó medio tediosa pero la verdad al final me terminó de convencer.
February 2, 2026
todavía no termino de leer todas las obras de Scott pero por mientras es mi cuento favorito de elll, al inicio pensé que eran super gays pero después si les encontré un poco de química a los protagonistas, me gustó mucho mucho, me quedé con más ganas de leer libros parecidos
December 7, 2025
Al chile q bueno, ctm familia Washington
8.5
8.5
November 16, 2020
Very engaging!
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