Zelda e-bog

Profound, overwhelmingly moving . . . a richly complex love story.New York TimesAcclaimed biographer Nancy Milford brings to life the tormented, elusive personality of Zelda Sayre and clarifies as never before Zeldas relationship with her husband F. Scott Fitzgeraldtracing the inner disintegration of a gifted, despairing woman, torn by the clash between her husbands career and her own talent.Zelda Sayres 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 Zeldas nuanced and elusive personality, giving character to both her artistic vibrancy and to her catastrophic collapse.