Tender is the Night
Book description
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in a friend's copy of Tender Is the Night, "If you liked The Great Gatsby, for God's sake read this. Gatsby was a tour de force but this is a confession of faith." Set in the South of France in the decade after World War I,…
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I love Fitzgerald for his way of writing those silent moments between two people who manage to have an underlying conversation without speaking a word. As if spoken words are only surface dialogue to what the character’s body language and eye contact really want to say.
Fitzgerald captured it beautifully here within Nick and Rosemary’s interactions–probably my favorite exchanges between characters. Although The Great Gatsby remains my top favorite story, Nick and Rosemary earned Tender Is the Night my attention.
From Lorenzo's list on books with underlying and self-made conflicts.
I love this book not only for its exquisite writing but because it describes a French Riviera world that has mostly disappeared. The Jazz Age, post WWI, when the Americans descended on this coast and created a fabulous, champagne-fueled playground for themselves. Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda were amongst that high-flying set. However, being the brilliant novelist that he was, Fitzgerald also brings the pain, the confusion and tragedies of love into the mix. The writing is as romantic and elegant as the stunning villas and hotels in which these beautiful people reside, seeking excitement, drinking to excess, living out…
From Carol's list on fiction and non-fiction about the South of France.
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