The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays-as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos-tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. "Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly," noted The New York Review of Books: "the essays are amazing for the candor."
菲茨杰拉德是著名美国小说家。从1920年开始创作，以《人间天堂》一举成名。他的小说生动地反映了20年代“美国梦”的 破灭，展示了大萧条时期美国上层社会“荒原时代”的精神面貌。直到1940年去世时，仍在创作作品《最后的大亨》，在他有限的创作生涯里，推出了包括《人 间天堂》《了不起的盖茨比》《夜色温柔》等多部长篇小说和150多部短篇小说。