Zelda

A Biography

by Nancy Milford

On Sale: 11/29/2011

Zelda

A Biography

by Nancy Milford

On Sale: 11/29/2011

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About the Book

“Profound, overwhelmingly moving . . . a richly complex love story.” — New York Times

Acclaimed biographer Nancy Milford brings to life the tormented, elusive personality of Zelda Sayre and clarifies as never before Zelda’s relationship with her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald—tracing the inner disintegration of a gifted, despairing woman, torn by the clash between her husband’s career and her own talent.

Zelda Sayre’s stormy life spanned from notoriety as a spirited Southern beauty to success as a gifted novelist and international celebrity at the side of her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda and Fitzgerald were one of the most visible couples of the Jazz Age, inhabiting and creating around them a world of excitement, romance, art, and promise. Yet their tumultuous relationship precipitated a descent into depression and mental instability for Zelda, leaving her to spend the final twenty years of her life in hospital care, until a fire at a sanitarium claimed her life.

Incorporating years of exhaustive research and interviews, Milford illuminates Zelda’s nuanced and elusive personality, giving character to both her artistic vibrancy and to her catastrophic collapse.

Critical Praise

“Nancy Milford has sought to make us see Zelda as a separate person and, by that, the Fitzgeralds through a woman’s eyes . . . . A superb portrait.” — Washington Post Book World

“Profound, overwhelmingly moving…a richly complex love story.” — New York Times

“Milford’s fine book is itself a work of art.” — Wall Street Journal

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780062089397
  • ISBN 10: 0062089390
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
  • On Sale: 11/29/2011
  • Pages: 464
  • List Price:23.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : ART / American / General
  • BISAC2 : LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors
  • BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  • BISAC4 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary

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