Comments on: Alone Together http://meloukhia.net/2007/11/alone_together.html this ain't livin' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:25:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: haddock http://meloukhia.net/2007/11/alone_together.html#comment-177 haddock Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-177 Tender is the Night floored me, in my twenties. At the time I was a self-styled, self-deluded, alcoholic writer. Scott Fitzgerald was my main man. I identified with him immensely, of course, picking up only the similarities, rather than the rather glaring differences between us. I had my very own Zelda. Beautiful, socially gifted, and mad. I studied all Fitzgerald's works, read numerous biographies, his letters, etc. I still love the closing sentence of The Great Gatsby, and when in the right mood, it will make me cry. That said, I think I'd have little patience for him now. Tender is the Night floored me, in my twenties. At the time I was a self-styled, self-deluded, alcoholic writer. Scott Fitzgerald was my main man. I identified with him immensely, of course, picking up only the similarities, rather than the rather glaring differences between us.

I had my very own Zelda. Beautiful, socially gifted, and mad. I studied all Fitzgerald’s works, read numerous biographies, his letters, etc. I still love the closing sentence of The Great Gatsby, and when in the right mood, it will make me cry.

That said, I think I’d have little patience for him now.

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