This Side of Paradise
《人间天堂》是菲兹杰拉德完成的第一部长篇小说，也是最具个人传记色彩的一部，更是首部描述生长在爵士年代年轻人的作品，令菲兹杰拉德23岁就在文坛一炮打响。故事讲述了一个名叫阿莫尔·布莱恩的年青人的爱恨情仇，小说中主人翁们的行为－－随意的亲吻和纵饮，对待父母那种不恭敬的态度－－某种程度上彰显了当时对旧传统的抗拒，而赢得了读者的心。然而，仍有评论家认为《尘世乐园》结构上集结了诗、短篇小说、甚至费兹杰罗较早时写的一些戏剧，是一种不成熟的写作方式，不免有沦为一种尝试性写作的嫌疑。尽管如此，《尘世乐园》表达出的一种难言的精神与活力，仍为评论家所称道。F. Scott Fitzgerald s This Side of Paradise is the opening statement of his literary career. Published originally in 1920, the novel captures the rhythm and feel of the gaudy decade that was to follow in America. This Side of Paradise made Fitzgerald simultaneously famous and infamous: famous for the stylish exuberance of his writing and infamous for the errors--in spelling, fact, grammar, and chronology--that peppered his text. This new edition brings into being an accurate, fully annotated text based on Fitzgerald s original manuscript.