The Crack-Up

F.Scott Fitzgerald

Editore: New Directions, 1945

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1945, First Edition of this collection of essays by Fitzgerald, published posthumously, with correct colors on title page and publishers colophon. Bruccoli. Edited by Edmund Wilson. Tan boards with dark brown binding with black lettering. Slight tearing on both ends of the binding. 347 pages with pencilled underlining throughout by prior owner. The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Contains letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot and John Dos Passos." So begins a collection of essays which can be seen as a reflection of the low point of Fitzgerald s career. Indeed, the essays were poorly received when first published in Esquire magazine in 1936, and many were critical of his personal revelations. Codice articolo 789

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Titolo: The Crack-Up

Casa editrice: New Directions

Data di pubblicazione: 1945

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket

Edizione: 1st Edition