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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the title story of this collection by one of America’s greatest writers, a baby born in 1860 begins life as an old man and proceeds to age backward. F. Scott Fizgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called his era "a generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken." — Perhaps nowhe...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143105497
ISBN-10: 0143105493
Publication Date: 8/26/2008
Pages: 427
Edition: Reprint
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3.6 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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I first became interested in this book when the film was released. While the film departed from the short story in many very significant ways, I nevertheless enjoyed immersing myself in Fitzgerald's Jazz Age tales. As noted in the very excellent forward to the stories, the stories themselves vary widely in quality and technique; however, they reflect the heart of an author who was very willing to step out on the precipice and experiment with new forms,a Fitzgerald I hadn't really seen before.
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