The Crack-Up

The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays--as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos--tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly, noted The New York Review of Books: the essays are amazing for the candor.

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/27/2009
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780811218207
ISBN10: 0811218201
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary