Cartas a mi hija (Heroes Modernos) (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8492837586 ISBN 13: 9788492837588

Publisher: Ediciones Alpha Decay, 2013

Synopsis

In the middle of the 1930s, F. Scott Fitzgerald was heavily in debt, his wife Zelda was in a mental clinic, and their daughter, Scottie, was taking her first steps from a privileged childhood to a deeply committed adolescence. The letters that he wrote her, translated for the first time into Spanish, cover the course of these decisive years—among the father’s last and the daughter’s first. These missives contain advice about boys, books, travel, alcohol, university courses, grades, dealing with money (one’s own and that of others), the dangers of premature success (Scottie published a story in the New Yorker before she was twenty), and the importance of a proper work ethic. The letters—insightful, loving, witty, and with a keen awareness of the shifting sociopolitical currents of the decade—stand as an epistolary monument dedicated not only to the 12-year-old girl or the 15-year-old adolescent or the brilliant young woman of 19, but to the woman Scottie would ultimately become. In his correspondence, Fitzgerald wrote with an amazing honesty, bequeathing to his daughter—and, now, readers—a gift of tremendous literary and ethical value.

About this title

About the Author:

F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered one of the finest American writers of the 20th century. He is the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life during the Roaring Twenties, including The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and This Side of Paradise. Scottie Fitzgerald was a writer and journalist, and the only child of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald.

Review:

"These are, simply, pieces that are so wise, delicate, and bare, written with so much love and understanding for [Scottie], with such hope, that they are ultimately heartrending."  —El País

About this edition

• Publisher: Ediciones Alpha Decay
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 8492837586
• ISBN 13: 9788492837588
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216