Let the twenties roar

When F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel 'The Great Gatsby' was first published in 1925, its author received raving reviews from numerous fellow writers, but it was not until the post-war decades that his masterpiece received the worldwide recognition it deserved. Poignantly and with subtle finesse, Fitzgerald tells the story of the dazzling upstart Jay Gatsby, who celebrates lavish parties on his estate in order to win back his lost love a story about the power of great feelings and the painful failure of a romantic dream. This edition presents the grandiose classic of American literature in a special hardcover with colored edges and a natural cover paper embossed with metallic foil.

• A Special Edition Hardcover: Sprayed Edges, Bookmark, Customized Head and Footers and Metallic Embossing
• »Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.« Nick Carraway

»Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.« Nick Carraway

Autorentext
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), geboren in St. Paul, Minnesota, ging nach seinem Studium in Princeton als Reporter nach New York. Sein erster Roman »This Side of Paradise«, erschienen 1920, brachte ihm schnellen Ruhm und plötzlichen Reichtum. Zwei Jahre später erschien seine Kurzgeschichtensammlung »Tales of the Jazz Age«, mit der er den ausgelassenen 1920er Jahren ihren Namen gab. Eine ganze Generation erkannte sich in seinen Figuren wieder. Fitzgerald war jedoch nicht nur der Chronist, sondern auch selbst die Hauptfigur der endlosen, verschwenderischen Parties des Jazz-Zeitalters. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Zelda inszenierte er sich als charmanter, mondäner Weltenbummler und extravaganter Lebemann; die Ausschweifungen des Paares füllten die New Yorker Klatschblätter. Dieses Leben forderte jedoch seinen Tribut: Zelda erlitt 1930 einen Nervenzusammenbruch und wurde in eine psychiatrische Klinik eingewiesen; Scott verfiel zusehends seiner Alkoholsucht. Seine Veröffentlichungen in den 1930er Jahren konnten an die großen Erfolge nicht mehr anknüpfen. Die letzten drei Jahre seines Lebens verbrachte er als Drehbuchautor in Hollywood. Finanziell und gesundheitlich ruiniert, starb Fitzgerald im Alter von nur 44 Jahren an Herzversagen.

Zusammenfassung
Let the twenties roar

When F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel 'The Great Gatsby' was first published in 1925, its author received raving reviews from numerous fellow writers, but it was not until the post-war decades that his masterpiece received the worldwide recognition it deserved. Poignantly and with subtle finesse, Fitzgerald tells the story of the dazzling upstart Jay Gatsby, who celebrates lavish parties on his estate in order to win back his lost love a story about the power of great feelings and the painful failure of a romantic dream. This edition presents the grandiose classic of American literature in a special hardcover with colored edges and a natural cover paper embossed with metallic foil.

• »Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.« Nick Carraway