Like so many of my generation, I've heard and read about the Fitzgerald/Hemingway/Stein/Murphey years in Paris and on the coast of France. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, although a work of fiction, was a breath of fresh air regarding this period of excess, escape, and artistic richness.Much of what...
I enjoy the writing quite a bit, but I just felt angry for Zelda through a lot of it--the times she lived in and the people she surrounded herself with stunted her talent and it's just sad. Also, there was SUCH excess in this book--too much alcohol, too many fancy parties, too many people. It's the ...
I can't help comparing this to another historical novel with a similar theme, The Paris Wife, and by comparison this one wasn't very impressive. Zelda's portrayal throughout the book felt a bit inconsistent — sometimes she was just as wild as Scott, other times she somehow seemed to become the level...
This is well-researched piece of historical fiction which, notwithstanding the good intentions of the author, falls rather flat. It tells the story of Zelda Sayre Fitgerald's life from the time she met her husband Scott in 1918 until his death in 1940, covering their courtship and marriage, their "J...
Enjoyable though I have some doubts about the veracity. Zelda comes off as an extremely intelligent good time gal whose biggest problem was living in an era when women were expected to prioritize their husband/families needs and interests over their own. I've read other accounts of Zelda that weren'...
Like so many of my generation, I've heard and read about the Fitzgerald/Hemingway/Stein/Murphey years in Paris and on the coast of France. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, although a work of fiction, was a breath of fresh air regarding this period of excess, escape, and artistic richness.Much of what...
This was a really interesting and enjoyable read. I will admit that the only thing I have read by F. Scott Fitzgerald is [b:The Great Gatsby|4671|The Great Gatsby|F. Scott Fitzgerald|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1361191055s/4671.jpg|245494] and that has been some time ago. Going into this book, I kn...
"We have never been what we seemed." ~ pg.13Who is Zelda Fitzgerald? Born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama in July 1900, she was an American novelist and 1920s icon. The wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald was nicknamed "the first American Flapper." She was the other half of the famous Jazz Age/Roaring Tw...
This was a really good book. I liked hearing Zelda Fitzgerald's voice, even though it wasn't quite as good overall as The Paris Wife. There was a section about 2/3 of the way in that dragged for me.The most interesting part dealt with her "schizophrenia" - it's pretty obvious that the poor woman was...
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