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I finished this book in a courtyard of orange trees with a man playing guitar quietly in the background, and feeling very much at one with Nick Carraway. Damn the Buchanans anyway.
What a gut punch. When I started, I thought to myself, ‘I didn’t know this was supposed to be a comedy,’ and merrily held myself above the facile and easy to ridicule players, but partway through - Gatsby and his incorruptible dream - the green light - the loss or narrowing of possibilities, first on that October night ...more
What a gut punch. When I started, I thought to myself, ‘I didn’t know this was supposed to be a comedy,’ and merrily held myself above the facile and easy to ridicule players, but partway through - Gatsby and his incorruptible dream - the green light - the loss or narrowing of possibilities, first on that October night ...more
The Great Gatsby is lauded as the great American novel. It was quite a good book, but I honestly didn't think it earned that title. Perhaps it is because I am not American. Perhaps I do not have a comprehensive knowledge of American history. Nevertheless, F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing style, though a bit slow, added to the mystery of the character of Jay Gatsby and the muggy atmosphere of that summer of events. One was also able to picture the glamour of life in the roaring 20's. Had I been youn
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