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Bezig met laden... Gatsby's Girldoor Caroline Preston
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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. Ok book. Very frivolous character but good story. ( ) A fairly well-written novel about the "what-ifs" of our youth, and specifically of "Scott" Fitzgerald's first love. Ginerva is a thoroughly unlikeable character and historical personage, so I do not and still do not understand her pride at being showcased in Fitzgerald's novels (as unlikeable women). However, it was a very entertaining read and one I would probably read again. Rating: B+. Read my full review at my blog, http://literaturecrazy.blogspot.com/2008/10/book-review-gatsbys-girl.html. In this fictionalized version of what the romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his first love might have been like, the author imagines the life of the woman whose characteristics inspired some individuals in Fitzgerald’s works. Although portions of this life story are based in reality, the author uses her imagination to fill in the gaps that exist in the romance. I liked this book a lot. I’m no huge Fitzgerald fan, so I didn’t have much knowledge of his real life to compare with the book’s information, but it was a nice, quick read. The story was cute, interesting, quasi historical. What’s not to like? geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Just as Jay Gatsby was haunted by Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fizgerald was haunted by his own great first love -- a Chicago socialite named Ginevra. Alluring, capricious, and ultimately unavailable, she would become his first muse, the inspiration for such timeless characters as Gatsby's Daisy and Isabelle Borge in This Side of Paradise. Caroline Preston's astute perceptions of her characters and the cultural landscapes they inhabit have earned her work comparisons to to that of Anne Tyler, Alison Lurie, and Diane Johnson. Now, in this richly imagined and ambitious novel, Preston deftly evokes the entire sweep of Ginevra's life -- from her first meeting with Scott to the second act of her sometimes charmed, sometimes troubled life. Ginevra was sixteen, a rich man's daughter who had been told she was pretty far too often for her own good. Scott was nineteen, a poor boy full of ambition. They met at a country club dance in St. Paul, Minnesota, in January 1916. For almost a year they wrote each other letters -- so long, breathless, and yearning that they often required more than one envelope. But despite their intense epistolary romance, the relationship wouldn't last. After throwing him over with what he deemed "supreme boredom and indifference," she impulsively married a handsome aviator from the right society background. Ruminating over what might have been had she picked the writer instead of the flier, she furtively reads the now famous Fitzgerald's work. When she sees herself -- much to her surprise -- in his characters, it's not just as the spoiled debutante he'd known; he's also uncannily predicted the woman she's become, cracks and all. An affecting story of two people, one famous, one known only through her portrayals in enduring works of fiction, Gatsby's Girl is a tremendously entertaining and moving novel about the powerful forces of first love, memory, and art. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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