Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (editie 2020)door F. Scott Fitzgerald (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkThe Beautiful and Damned door F. Scott Fitzgerald
Unread books (98) » 10 meer Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The writing was the best part of this book. The characters were so narcissistic and uninteresting most of the book was tedious. Many of the characters were alcoholics whose discussions about the world and their own deserved happiness were very boring. There were a very few positive characters, but they all had small parts in the book. I did find the protagonist's military experiences interesting, and learned something from them. However, the total uncaring of Anthony Patch and his responsibility for some injuries and deaths was very sad. I was very disappointed in the ending. ( ) For Gloria and Anthony Patch, "Life, it seemed must be a setting up of props around one- otherwise, it was a disaster." How to describe these characters? "In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him." Anthony cannot find something to do with himself, a vocation. He sometimes pretends to "write history" but he is just killing time until he inherits his grandfather's fortune. Gloria is beautiful, and "darn nice- not a brain in her head." As she describes herself, she is "like Japanese lanterns and crepe paper and the music and orchestra...she has a streak of cheapness," but the world is hers while she is young and beautiful. Their exploits are a criticism of the Jazz Age lifestyle in NYC. Parties and drinking are the main pastimes for the couple and their friends. In the introduction to my edition, Hortense Calisher writes that "Fitzgerald does use works as a juggler might...simple- see through that net a certain iridescence as if they spin up and then home into place...There is not a dead sentence among them, not a moment when Fitzgerald's magic fails to work." I heartily agree. The book is over 100 years old but still, a relevant and enjoyable exploration of the effects money, beauty, and purpose have on the human psyche. Click here to see my full review: https://lovelearning619870804.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/focus-on-fitz-the-beautif... The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a 1922 publication. "Gatsby" was a school assignment for me- and although it was rare for me to enjoy assigned reading, I liked it. But, for some reason, I have never read another book by Fitzgerald. I have, though, been quite curious about him and his wife in their private life- which has been the subject of books and movies for years. I have several books on my Kindle about Zelda, which I had planned to work into my reading schedule sometime this year. But, in the meantime, I thought it would be a good idea to read another book by this author. I chose this one for two reasons- the simplest one was that I already had it on my Kindle, and because allegedly Fitzgerald had modeled the characters after himself and Zelda. Unfortunately, the book fell flat for me. To begin with the characters are not at all likeable. They are too empty, shallow, lazy… and BORING- with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I kept thinking things would pick up- but they just kept getting worse with the characters circling the drain, even after they finally get what they thought would bring them happiness. My experience with this book has given me second thoughts about reading anything about the Fitzgeralds- but because so much has been made about that marriage- and Zelda in particular, I’ll still probably delve into their lives at some point- but I’m not in a big hurry to tackle those books anytime soon, if they were anything like the couple in this book. Oy! Overall, this book isn’t terribly long- but I felt like it took ages to read it and that’s never a good sign. I’m not sure I’ll ever tackle another novel by this author- but if I do, I’ll approach it with caution. 2 stars Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Is opgenomen in
Fitzgerald's second novel, a devastating portrait of the excesses of the Jazz Age, is a largely autobiographical depiction of a glamorous, reckless Manhattan couple and their spectacular spiral into tragedy. Published on the heels of "This Side of Paradise," the story of the Harvard-educated aesthete Anthony Patch and his willful wife, Gloria, is propelled by Fitzgerald's intense romantic imagination and demonstrates an increased technical and emotional maturity. "The Beautiful and Damned" is at once a gripping morality tale, a rueful meditation on love, marriage, and money, and an acute social document. As Hortense Calisher observes in her Introduction, " Though Fitzgerald can entrance with stories so joyfully youthful they appear to be safe-- when he cuts himself, you will bleed." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
|