An edition of The Great Gatsby (1920)

El gran Gatsby

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An edition of The Great Gatsby (1920)

El gran Gatsby

  • 4.0 (153 ratings) ·
  • 1,833 Want to read
  • 138 Currently reading
  • 315 Have read

El Gran Gatsby es el retrato magistral de la sociedad neoyorkina que vive locamente la posguerra, a la que el enigmático magnate Jay Gatsby prodiga grandes fiestas. En estos escenarios, y con la ciudad de Nueva York como marco, la historia se construye bajo la óptica del narrador, Nick Carraway, quien se ve arrastrado por la brillante personalidad de Gatsby. La ambición, el desenfreno, la superficialidad, el dinero, el amor, mueven a los personajes de la novela, pero, por encima de todo, lo hace el deseo de traer de vuelta el pasado, la nostalgia que inunda a todo aquel que, pese a haber alcanzado todo lo deseado, siempre echa en falta algo que quedó atrás. La Primera Guerra Mundial había mostrado la crueldad sin límites a la que podía llegar el hombre, pero también había abierto los ojos a una generación que deseaba cambiar su presente, y también disfrutarlo sin límites. Fitzgerald siempre fue consciente de que él no pertenecía ni pertenecería nunca a la clase alta, pero su éxito literario le abrió las puertas a ese mundo en el que Jay Gatsby encajaba tanto como él, y supo crear una historia en torno a ese personaje que le convertiría en eterno.

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akal
Language
Spanish
Pages
176

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Cover of: The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2021-01-17, Project Gutenberg
Digital Book in English
Cover of: The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2017, Alma Classics
in English - Evergreen Edition
Cover of: The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald, Francis Scott
The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald, Francis Scott
2017-02-01, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Cover of: El gran Gatsby
El gran Gatsby
2015, akal
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Liao bu qi de gai ci bi
Liao bu qi de gai ci bi
2013, Li jiang chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Liao bu qi de Gaicibi
Liao bu qi de Gaicibi: The great Gatsby
2013
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: El gran Gatsby
El gran Gatsby
2013, Debolsillo
in Spanish - 3. ed. con esta portada.
Cover of: Gatsby
Gatsby
2012, Pocket
in French
Cover of: The great Gatsby
The great Gatsby
2011, Arcturus
in English
Cover of: El gran Gatsby
El gran Gatsby
2009, Alfaguara, ALFAGUARA
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Der große Gatsby
Der große Gatsby
2007, Diogenes, Diogenes Verlag AG
Paperback in German
Cover of: El gran Gatsby
El gran Gatsby
2005 August 2, Debolsillo
Paperback in Spanish

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Edition Notes

Published in
Madrid, Spain
Series
Akal Clásicos de la Literatura
Copyright Date
2015
Translation Of
The Great Gatsby
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
María José Martín Pinto

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
176

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26495828M
ISBN 10
8446041820
ISBN 13
9788446041825
OCLC/WorldCat
911094333
amazon.co.uk_asin
8446041820
amazon.it_asin
8446041820
Goodreads
38395560

Work Description

Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.

"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life.... It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again."

It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous entertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan – a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.

It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.

--first edition jacket



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January 12, 2023 Edited by mheiman Merge works
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September 18, 2018 Created by Lisa Added new book.