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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Everymans Library
Publication date
May 1, 1996
Pages
264
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679447238
ISBN-10
0679447237
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$20.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Follows the story of Amory Blaine from prep school to Princeton, in an autobiographical coming-of-age novel capturing the rhythms of a generation and of America early in the twentieth century
Amazon.com description: Product Description: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs extraordinary career as a novelist ended abruptly and unhappily, but it began with one of the most brilliant first novels in the history of American literature. Published when its author was just twenty-three, This Side of Paradise is about the education of a youth, and to this universal story Fitzgerald brought the promise of everything that was new in the vigorous, restless America during the years following World War I. Amory Blaineâegoistic, versatile, callow, and imaginativeâinhabits a book that is interwoven with songs, poems, playscripts, and questions and answers. His growth from self-absorption to sexual awareness and personhood is described by means of a continuous improvisatory energy and delight. Far from being distracting, Fitzgeraldâs formal inventiveness and verve only heighten our sense that the world being described is our own modern world. A profound coherence informs This Side of Paradiseâa coherence born of its authorâs uncanny ability to revel in the fragmented surfaces of human life while exploring and comprehending its serene depths.
F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs extraordinary career as a novelist ended abruptly and unhappily, but it began with one of the most brilliant first novels in the history of American literature. Published when its author was just twenty-three, This Side of Paradise is about the education of a youth, and to this universal story Fitzgerald brought the promise of everything that was new in the vigorous, restless America during the years following World War I. Amory Blaineâegoistic, versatile, callow, and imaginativeâinhabits a book that is interwoven with songs, poems, playscripts, and questions and answers. His growth from self-absorption to sexual awareness and personhood is described by means of a continuous improvisatory energy and delight. Far from being distracting, Fitzgeraldâs formal inventiveness and verve only heighten our sense that the world being described is our own modern world. A profound coherence informs This Side of Paradiseâa coherence born of its authorâs uncanny ability to revel in the fragmented surfaces of human life while exploring and comprehending its serene depths.
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