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Babylon Revisited and Other Stories《重返巴比倫》F. Scott. Fitzgerald
當曾經的絢爛浮華褪盡 剩下的是令人心碎的無盡寂寞......
《重返巴比倫》(Babylon Revisited)是費茲傑羅繼《班傑明的奇幻旅程》後，又一本精彩的短篇小說合集。本書收錄了費氏自1920年至1937年之間陸續撰成的八篇作品，其中包括了刊載於《星期六晚郵》的〈富家男孩〉、〈寶貝派對〉等六篇精彩短篇小說；著於1931年，被譽為作者最優秀作品之一的〈重返巴比倫〉；以及作者晚年的短篇傑作〈長路漫漫〉。
在本書中，在社會與家庭劇變中掙扎的費茲傑羅，以宛若要滿溢而出般的情感，寫成了一篇又一篇直擊人心的動人經典。從自信滿滿的浮華年代，到自我沉淪與走向絕境，費茲傑羅用他的筆，在短暫的生命歷程中，寫下無數讓人為之心碎卻又低迴不已的文章。良善與冷酷，華麗與落寞，愛情與仇恨，喜悅與悲愴......在爵士時代落幕的鐘聲中，費茲傑羅將帶領讀者一同體驗舞台上最後的絢爛與幻滅。
Written between 1920 and 1937, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was at the height of his creative powers, these ten lyric tales represent some of the author's finest fiction. In them, Fitzgerald creates vivid, timeless characters -- a dissatisfied southern belle seeking adventure in the north; the tragic hero of the title story who lost more than money in the stock market; giddy and dissipated young men and women of the interwar period. From the lazy town of Tarleton, Georgia, to the glittering cosmopolitan centers of New York and Paris, Fitzgerald brings the society of the "Lost Generation" to life in these masterfully crafted gems, showcasing the many gifts of one of our most popular writers.
