{"product_id":"the-beautiful-and-damned-f-scott-fitzgerald-9780141194073","title":"The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still distant, Anthony and Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFrancis Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age - a term he popularized in his short story collection \u003ci\u003eTales of the Jazz Age\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1920 and was a tremendous critical and commercial success. Fitzgerald followed with \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTender is the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. He was working on \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e when he died, in Hollywood, in 1940.\n\u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels and numerous non-fiction books, including \u003ci\u003eBut Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, and \u003ci\u003eOut of Sheer Rage\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The winner of a Lannan Literary Award, the International Centre of Photography's 2006 Infinity Award for writing on photography, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award, a National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and a Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction, Dyer is a regular contributor to many publications in the UK and the US. He lives in California.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65933033570653,"sku":"K026764492","price":17.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2676449200001A.jpg?v=1789509088","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-beautiful-and-damned-f-scott-fitzgerald-9780141194073","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}