斯科特·菲茨杰拉德系列：爵士时代的故事  英文原版 Tender is the Night Francis Scott Fitzgerald

基本信息/Product Details

Publisher : Alma Classics; New edition (28 Mar. 2013)

Language : English

Mass Market Paperback : 300 pages

ISBN-10 : 1847493092

ISBN-13 : 978-1847493095

Dimensions : 12.19 x 2.11 x 19.99 cm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介/Book Description

《爵士时代的故事》是弗朗西斯·斯科特·基·菲茨杰拉德第二部短篇小说集，一共包括十一个短篇：《橡皮糖》、《骆驼的后背》、《五一节》、《瓷浴盆与粉红色》、《一颗像里兹饭店那么大的钻石》、《返老还童》、《齐普赛街的塔昆》、《啊，赤褐色的女巫！》、《幸福的辛酸》、《黏糊先生》、《山里姑娘杰米娜》。

篇篇情节生动，寓意深刻，艺术感很强，记录和描写了年轻一代的梦想、追求、爱情、痛苦、失望、艰辛、迷茫等复杂的人生经历，浓缩并折射了光彩夺目的爵士时代的特征，高度戏剧化地表现了现代意识和传统观念之间的剧烈矛盾冲突。有些如《骆驼的后背》、《返老还童》等，经过改编之后还被拍成了电影。

A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald's name, Tales of the Jazz Age combines period pieces - the most notable of which is the novella-length 'May Day' - with more fanciful creations, such as the fantastical 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', recently made into a Hollywood film. Also containing the now classic story 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', as well as lesser-known sketches and tales, this diverse selection, compiled by Fitzgerald himself from material published in newspapers and magazines, showcases both the variety of his writing and early examples of the themes and characters which would find their way into his later novels.

作者简介/Author

弗朗西斯·斯科特·基·菲茨杰拉德（Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald，1896年9月24日－1940年12月21日），20世纪美国作家、编剧。

菲茨杰拉德1896年9月24日生于明尼苏达州圣保罗市。父亲是家具商。他年轻时试写过剧本。读完高中后考入普林斯顿大学。在校时曾自组剧团，并为校内文学刊物写稿。后因身体欠佳，中途辍学。1917年入伍，终日忙于军训，未曾出国打仗。退伍后坚持业余写作。1920年出版了长篇小说《人间天堂》，从此出了名，小说出版后他与吉姗尔达结婚。婚后携妻寄居巴黎，结识了安德逊、海明威等多位美国作家。1925年《了不起的盖茨比》问世，奠定了他在现代美国文学史上的地位，成了20年代“爵士时代”的发言人和“迷惘的一代”的代表作家之一。菲兹杰拉德成名后继续勤奋笔耕，但婚后妻子讲究排场，后来又精神失常，挥霍无度，给他带来极大痛苦。他经济上入不敷出，一度去好莱坞写剧本挣钱维持生计。1936年不幸染上肺病，妻子又一病不起，使他几乎无法创作，精神濒于崩溃，终日酗酒。1940年12月21日并发心脏病，死于洛杉矶，年仅44岁。

菲兹杰拉德不仅写长篇小说，短篇小说也颇有特色。除上述两部作品外，主要作品还有《夜色温柔》（1934）和《末代大亨的情缘》（1941）。他的小说生动地反映了20年代“美国梦”的破灭，展示了大萧条时期美国上层社会“荒原时代”的精神面。

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he popularized. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four collections of short stories, and 164 short stories. Although he temporarily achieved popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald only received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

In the 1920s, Fitzgerald frequented Europe, where he was influenced by the modernist writers and artists of the "Lost Generation" expatriate community, particularly Ernest Hemingway. His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), propelled him into the New York City elite. To maintain his lifestyle during this time, he also wrote several stories for magazines. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was inspired by his rise to fame and relationship with Zelda. Although it received mixed reviews, The Great Gatsby is now widely praised, with some even labeling it the "Great American Novel". While Zelda was placed at a mental institute for her schizophrenia, Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night (1934).