Save Me The Waltz
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2011
240 pages
978-1-4464-1868-0 (ISBN)
Description
'Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.'
One of the great literary curios of the twentieth century Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. During the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender is the Night, Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which strangely parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on Scott Fitzgerald's life and work. In its own right, it is a vivid and moving story: the confessional of a famous glamour girl of the affluent 1920s and an aspiring ballerina which captures the spirit of an era.
One of the great literary curios of the twentieth century Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. During the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender is the Night, Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which strangely parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on Scott Fitzgerald's life and work. In its own right, it is a vivid and moving story: the confessional of a famous glamour girl of the affluent 1920s and an aspiring ballerina which captures the spirit of an era.
Reviews / Votes
The only published novel of a brave and talented woman who is remembered for her defeats * Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald * Some of her sentences are so bittersweetly delicious I could eat them * Stylist * A strangely evocative novel, episodic in structure, painterly in its description, almost hallucinatory in overall effect * New York Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
File size
0,73 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4464-1868-0 (9781446418680)
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Zelda Fitzgerald (1900 - 1948) was an American novelist and the wife of writer F.Scott Fitzgerald. She was an icon of the 1920s. She wrote magazine articles and short stories, and at 27 became obsessed with a career as a ballerina. Zelda was diagnosed with schizophrenia and died in a hospital fire.
