A Writer's Afternoon: Fitzgerald's Later Works
by (u. S.) Written By F. S. Fitzgerald (japanese) Edited By Haruki Murakami
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This book contains a total of 8 short stories and 5 essays, which were published by Fitzgerald from 1930 to 1939. At this time, the glamorous Jazz Age ended and the Great Depression began. Fitzgerald's American dream was shattered. He had problems with his body, marriage, and finances, and his life was under great pressure. His works at this time mainly have two characteristics: - full of nostalgia for the past, nostalgia for the loss of health, fame and wealth, and frustration that the market for his novels will no longer exist; - although he was depressed and desperate due to the difficult situation, he still did not lose his creative conscience and ambition. Haruki Murakami deliberately compiled the works of this period into a collection and explained them precisely because he saw Fitzgerald's persistence in writing during this period. He said in the commentary, "Fitzgerald is the kind of writer who takes daily life experience as the core, uses his imagination to create novels from it... He tried his best to get through the deep despair, tried to grasp a weak light source, and slowly moved forward with a firm will. This may be Fitzgerald's strong instinct as a writer." Murakami, who compiled this book, hopes that readers can see this side of Fitzgerald.
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