description: Acclaimedbiographer Nancy Milford brings to life the tormented, elusive personality ofZelda Sayre and clarifies as never before her relationship with F. ScottFitzgerald, tracing the inner disintegration of a gifted, despairing womanundone by the clash between her husband’s career and her own talent. Zelda was an instant touchstone forcreatively inspired readers after its initial publication in 1983; Patti Smithhails it in her autobiography, Just Kids ,recalling how “reading the story of Zelda Fitzgerald by Nancy Milford, Iidentified with her mutinous spirit.” Now, the penetrating biography of one oftwentieth century literature’s most misunderstood figures—a book the New York Times calls “profound,overwhelmingly moving . . . [and] a richly complex love story” is availableagain in a handsome paperback edition from Harper Perennial.
language: English
title: Zelda Fitzgerald
titlecomplete: Zelda Fitzgerald
characters: Zelda Fitzgerald
genres: Historical, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Womens, Feminism, Biography Memoir, Mental Illness, Unfinished, History
ratings_count: 10309
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD