A novel of zelda fitzgerald review
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Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD
Narrator Jenna Lamia's soft Southern accent and languid tone immediately set the mood for this first-person fictional account of Zelda's marriage with F. Scott Fitzgerald, the great American novelist. Lamia's subtle intonations telegraph the young girl's humor and spunk as the newlyweds embrace all that is new and smart, partying their way from New York to Paris and befriending artists, musicians, and writers. But by the end of the 1920s, Zelda's world begins to crumble, and Lamia's voice projects the frustration and loneliness underlying the later years of the once vibrant couple. Whether they blame Scott or Zelda for the Fitzgeralds' mutual disintegration, listeners will be fascinated by this well-researched story of the beautiful flapper and her famous husband during the Roaring Twenties. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2013]
Trade Ed. • Macmillan Audio • 2013
CD ISBN 978-1-4272-3014-0 $39.99 • Ten C
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Book Review: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
| Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler | |
| St. Martins’ Press, 2013 Hardback: $25.99 |
The Golden Couple of the Roaring ’20s was actually tarnished pyrite. This is revealed in Therese Anne Fowler’s recent novel, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Its overall message seems to be that reputations lie; it shatters any incomplete preconceptions of Zelda and Scott, leaving readers wondering what is fact and what is rumor. As Fowler writes from Zelda’s perspective,
“I was a Sayer, after all; a woman, yes, but still a Sayer; my life was intended to mean something beyond daughter-wife-mother. Wasn’t it?
“Oh, just let it go, a different röst urged me. What difference could your puny achievements possibly make?
“All the difference, the other röst answered.
“Which of my many possible lives did I want to define me? Which one could I have?
“And the question that troubled me most:
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Our Darling Girl - A Book Review of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
After finishing the ten episodes show, I sought out a few of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books and a biography or two to understand a little more. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler was the inspiration for the show, and while squarely historical fiction, it felt like a good place to start.
Fowler set out to uncover a more intimate portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife and lifelong love, Zelda. While Fitzgerald has been heralded one of America’s greatest writers, and most of us read a novel or two in school, his worthiness was more than put to the test in Z.
After looking to multiple sources, I have begun to imagine that watching the young Fitzgeralds in the 1920s and 30s must have been like watching the Kardashians today. The garish display of wealth and immaturity is tough to look away from. You’ve got to properly suspended any and all belief in their lifestyle being