Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice In Paradise

Description

Offers an account of Zelda Fitzgerald, the American Dream Girl of the 1920s. This work reveals Zelda as a serious artist: a painter of extraordinary and disturbing vision, a talented dancer and a witty and original writer whose work Scott, her husband, often used in his own novels but never acknowledged.

Reviews

Cline writes well, and even when she recounts well known incidents, she imbues her scences with revekatory detail. Her book is meticulously researched... a fine study in its own right illuminating the brief, tortured life of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating women. -- Santa Journal Constitution USA A solid balance of perspective that dissects American mythology about the celebrated Fitzgeralds of the Jazz Age, offering glimpses of the two that are far from one-dimensional. -- St Petersburg Times, Lorraine Lykins 'The thoroughness of research makes this book as close to definitive as we'll ever get' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Scrupulously researched...riveting reportage' -- Literary Review 'Cline's clear-headed and careful study should make clear that [the Fitzgeralds'] relationship can no longer be regarded as a great love story![and]! demonstrates the terrible danger of such romantic fairytales' -- Elaine Showalter, The Guardian 'This latest haunting rendition of her life reminds us why her story continues to captivate' -- Washington Post 'A thorough biography, a strong case for why the unfortunate Zelda Fitzgerald should be remembered as an artist foremost, not merely as a victim of mental illness' -- Kirkus Reviews 'Cline's account is lush and readable, with some telling new material' -- Nina Auerbach, London Review of Books 'Her biography is enjoyable and even gripping' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Impressively researched and imaginatively written' -- Sunday Times 'Sally Cline's book is an excellent one' -- Literary Review, Kathryn Hughes

Author description

Sally Cline is the author of the acclaimed biography 'Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John'. Both her short stories and her non-fiction have won literary prizes. She teaches part time at the University of Cambridge and holds a Royal Literary Fund Writer's Fellowship at Anglia Polytechnic University.