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Save Me the Waltz
Zelda Fitzgerald
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Description for Save Me the Waltz
Paperback. Presents the story of the confessional of a famous glamour girl of the affluent 1920s and an aspiring ballerina which captures the spirit of an era. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
'Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.'
One of the great literary curios of the twentieth century Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. During the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender is the Night, Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which strangely parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on Scott Fitzgerald's life and work. In its own right, it is a vivid and moving story: the confessional of a famous glamour girl of the affluent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099286554
SKU
V9780099286554
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Ref
99-98
About Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Fitzgerald (1900 - 1948) was an American novelist and the wife of writer F.Scott Fitzgerald. She was an icon of the 1920s. She wrote magazine articles and short stories, and at 27 became obsessed with a career as a ballerina. Zelda was diagnosed with schizophrenia and died in a hospital fire.
Reviews for Save Me the Waltz
The only published novel of a brave and talented woman who is remembered for her defeats
Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Some of her sentences are so bittersweetly delicious I could eat them
Stylist
A strangely evocative novel, episodic in structure, painterly in its description, almost hallucinatory in overall effect ... Read more
Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Some of her sentences are so bittersweetly delicious I could eat them
Stylist
A strangely evocative novel, episodic in structure, painterly in its description, almost hallucinatory in overall effect ... Read more