Published in 1945, The Crack-Up is a collection of essays, unpublished letters and notes by F. Scott Fitzgerald compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after his death. It also includes favorable evaluations of his work by celebrities such as Glenway Wescott, John Dos Passos or John Peale Bishop. The trials were not well received at the time, especially personal confessions. However, the book allows us to better understand the American writer's mind during the most difficult period of his life. The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden fall from a life of success and glamor to another of emptiness and hopelessness, as well as of his willful recovery. This intense and revealing collection of writings describes the trajectory of a man whose personality continues to captivate us, whose reckless joy and genius made him a living symbol in the age of jazz. Those who grew up w...read more
