Il grande Gatsby

Copertina rigida, 175 pagine

Pubblicato il Maggio 2023 da Newton Compton Editori.

ISBN:
978-88-227-7503-0
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Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.

"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life.... It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again."

It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous entertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan – a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and …

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Il vestito rosa

Mi rimane in mente l'immagine di J. Gatsby elegante, bello nel suo vestito rosa, che si porta in giro la sua calma inquietudine, che spende un sacco di soldi per circondarsi di un mare di persone, quando gliene interesserebbe solo una. È un grande classico e non è che io abbia qualcosa di originale da dire, soprattutto dopo aver letto la splendida recensione di Orsodimondo.

Posso dire che mi ha sorpreso: una storia di grandi feste, grande casa, grande città, grandi spazi, grandi affari - più o meno loschi - grande Gatsby. Ma una storia bellissima che, alla fine, mi lascia soprattutto due sentimenti, grandi anche loro: amore e disperazione.

La recensione di Orsodimondo, che dice cose molto più interessanti e utili, è qui:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1626947945

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