I'd Die for You: And Other Lost Stories

Resumen del libro

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost in one sense or another: physically lost, coming to light only recently; lost in the turbulence of Fitzgerald's later life; lost to readers because his editors sometimes did not understand what he was trying to write.

These fascinating stories offer a new insight into the arc of Fitzgerald's career, and demonstrate his stylistic agility and imaginative power as a writer at the forefront of Modern literature. Praise for I'd Die for You: Superbly edited and annotated, this richly fascinating miscellany is a marvellous reminder of what was lost when, at forty-four, a coronary killed Fitzgerald' Sunday Times Forward-thinking for their time . .

. Fitzgerald was a master of short story writing' The Times This much-vaunted collection of stories . .

. is a ragtag bundle of surprises, curios, irrelevancies and delights . .

. We can marvel at the strength of his imagination, his display of elegance and precision' Sunday Telegraph Readers will find much to enjoy in this gorgeously produced book' New York Times A beguiling meditation on the dark side of wealth and the American dream' Independent

Biografía del autor

Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) fue uno de los mejores representantes de la literatura norteamericana del siglo XX e integró con otros notables escritores de su tiempo la llamada Generación Perdida. Sus cinco novelas y casi doscientas narraciones cortas retratan el espíritu brillante, ligero y desesperado de los años 20 y 30. Junto a su esposa, la también escritora Zelda Sayre, con la que viajó a los centros artísticos del momento: París, Nueva York y Hollywood, vivió aquella era del jazz a un ritmo trepidante que supo trasladar a sus escritos. A su primera e impactante novela, A este lado del paraíso, se sumaron Hermosos y malditos, El gran Gatsby, Suave es la noche y la póstuma El último magnate, que junto a los relatos, los ensayos y la correspondencia conforman el legado de un escritor ineludible.