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This Side of Paradise : Introduction by Craig Raine by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1996, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679447237
ISBN-139780679447238
eBay Product ID (ePID)12588
Product Key Features
Book TitleThis Side of Paradise : Introduction by Craig Raine
Number of Pages296 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary, Coming of Age
Publication Year1996
GenreFiction
AuthorF. Scott Fitzgerald
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-223902
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"As nearly perfect as such a work could be . . . The glorious spirit of abounding youth glows throughout this fascinating tale. Amory, the romantic egotist, is essentially American." The New York Times "[A] bravura display of literary promise . . . Fitzgerald's prose is capable of soaring like a violin, and of moving his readers with understated husky notes as well as with notes of piercing purity . . . Fitzgerald knew that glamour was bound to fail, that there is an ineradicable human instinct for it which is utterly mistaken." from the Introduction by Craig Raine, "As nearly perfect as such a work could be . . . The glorious spirit of abounding youth glows throughout this fascinating tale. Amory, the romantic egotist, is essentially American." The New York Times "[A] bravura display of literary promise . . . Fitzgerald's prose is capable of soaring like a violin, and of moving his readers with understated husky notes as well as with notes of piercing purity . . . Fitzgerald knew that glamour was bound to fail, that there is an ineradicable human instinct for it which is utterly mistaken." from the Introduction by Craig Raine From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Decimal813.52
SynopsisF. Scott Fitzgerald's 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 Blaine-egoistic, versatile, callow, and imaginative-inhabits 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, Fitzgerald's 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 Paradise -a coherence born of its author's uncanny ability to revel in the fragmented surfaces of human life while exploring and comprehending its serene depths.
LC Classification NumberPS3511.I9T48 1996j
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- Jan 09, 2017
The Best Publication
The publisher, Knopf Everyman's Library, makes exceptional books. The typeface is pleasing and the size of the book is just right. The forward is insightful and the other content that is among the novel itself is necessary and interesting. This is by far my favorite publisher of books, and this is one of my favorite books. What an excellent combination.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
