Afternoon of an Author (A Scribner Classic/Collier Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Company (July 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0020198604
• ISBN-13: 978-0020198604
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,338,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the major American writers of the twentieth century -- a figure whose life and works embodied powerful myths about our national dreams and aspirations. Fitzgerald was talented and perceptive, gifted with a lyrical style and a pitch-perfect ear for language. He lived his life as a romantic, equally capable of great dedication to his craft and reckless squandering of his artistic capital. He left us one sure masterpiece, The Great Gatsby; a near-masterpiece, Tender Is the Night; and a gathering of stories and essays that together capture the essence of the American experience. His writings are insightful and stylistically brilliant; today he is admired both as a social chronicler and a remarkably gifted artist.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best fitzgerald short story collection, May 2, 2000

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This review is from: Afternoon of an Author (A Scribner Classic/Collier Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

Even though this title appears to be out-of-print, I highly recommend taking Amazon's offer to track one down for you. It is by far Fitzgerald's best collection of shorter work, ranging from his younger Bazil stories to his more mature "semi-Hollywood" work. It also displays his various abilities with modernist literature (viz. the title story) that marks him as a writer truly ahead of his age.