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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Mar 15, 2013 lanalang rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Mi sono innamorata di Gatsby! :)

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Mar 31, 2013 Roberta rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001, america-settentrionale

I read it in Italian ages ago and I decided to read it again in English now that the new movie is coming up.
Unfortunately the face of Leo di Caprio playing an eccentric and wealthy american kept popping into my mind while reading, and that reminded me of his role as Howard Hughes, and that reminded me of Mr Burns' tribute to Howard Hughes in the Simpsons. WTF, brain?

Having said that, I like the style of the writing more than the plot. The love story didn't really engaged me but I was drove into ...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Tintaglia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, classics

Non ci posso far nulla: se la lettura non mi piace, mi toglie il gusto del testo.

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May 31, 2012 Maria Beltrami rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: narrativa-nordamericana, grandi-classici

Gatsby ha 17 anni, li ha nel giorno in cui nasce, e anche nel giorno in cui muore, perché Gatsby è l'americano medio, convinto che si possa essere ciò che si dice di essere.
Purtroppo è una presunzione che porta solo guai, fino alla morte, e a Gatsby in questo senso va anche bene, perché di solito gente come lui viene disconosciuta e dimenticata da tutti, mentre al protagonista rimarrà almeno un amico postumo disposto a narrare la sua storia.
Bel libro, ma livemente inferiore alla sua fama, dovuta ...more

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