Synopsis

The Great Gatsby is the masterful portrait of New York society that lives madly after the war, to which the enigmatic tycoon Jay Gatsby lavishes great parties. In these scenarios, and with the city of New York as a setting, the story is built from the point of view of the narrator, Nick Carraway, who is drawn by the brilliant personality of Gatsby. Ambition, debauchery, superficiality, money, love, move the characters in the novel, but, above all, it is the desire to bring back the past, the nostalgia that floods everyone who, Despite having achieved everything he wanted, he always misses something that was left behind. The First World War had shown the limitless cruelty that man could reach, but it had also opened the eyes of a generation that wanted to change their present, and also enjoy it without limits. Fitzgerald was always aware that he did not belong and never would belong to the upper class, but his literary success opened the doors to that world in which Jay Gatsby fit as much as he did, and he knew how to create a story around that character that he loved. would become eternal.

Editorial

Akal Editions

Matter

Modern and contemporary fiction | 20th century | New York

Collection

Classics of Literature

Binding

Softcover or Pocket

Number of pages

176

ISBN

978-84-460-4182-5

EAN

9788446041825

Dimensions

220x140mm.

Publication date

03-24-2015

Price

€15.00 (€14.42 without VAT)