Z
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OF THE JAZZ AGE
NOW AN AMAZON ORIGINALS SERIES STARRING CHRISTINA RICCI
'If ever a couple ... became an era, it was F Scott Fitzgerald and his glamorous "flapper" wife, Zelda. They were the Jazz Age' Independent
When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Z as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Many readers knowledgeable about the Jazz Age know about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s many novels, as well as his life.
This fictionalized account gives keen insight into his wife, Zelda. Read to discover the difficulties faced by a creative woman married to a celebrated man. In many ways, Zelda was a woman of her times, yet like so many women overshadowed by her husband.
Read about their scandalous lives—hers in some ways even more so than his.
From Susan's list on the ‘herstory’ of women of the 1920s.
Zelda Fitzgerald was one half of literature’s power couple in 1920s America. She finally gets the artistic credit she deserves in Fowler’s examination of her complex marriage with F. Scott Fitzgerald. I especially enjoyed that this novel doesn’t shy away from representing Zelda’s flaws, even as it seeks to reject the two-dimensional stereotype of the ultimate flapper that many readers will be familiar with. Here’s to seeing more nuanced, and at times unlikeable, women protagonists in historical fiction!
From Finola's list on inspired by the lives of famous writers.
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