Alabama Song: Roman [French]

by Gilles Leroy

Book Overview

The 2007 recipient of the Prix Goncourt (France's most prestigious literary prize). The turbulent relationship of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald as seen by Zelda is brought to life in a brilliant blend of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 2715226454
• ISBN13: 9782715226456
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Mercure de France
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

If you know french well... by all means read it!!!

I think this is definitely one of the best book I have read in french! The level of langage reaches a quality rarely seen. I dont think somebody who doesnt master french very well could enjoy this book though. Gilles Leroy plays with the words, their meanings, their sounds in an awe-inspiring way! What you need to know is that Gilles Leroy does not pretend to write a biography, it is a book inspired by Zelda & Scott Fitzgerald and he suggests a fiction based on their lives. Read it as you would read a fiction novel, you will enjoy it even more since it will remind you of people who actually existed. As far as I am concerned I like this new approach. Usually it is either one. Either it is a fiction novel, or it is a biography that claims to say the truth (but a writer always guesses anyway). This new gender could confuse, but I really found it interesting. That said, this story is amazingly complex, sensitive and intelligent. This is the story of a sensitive woman... sensitive and maybe too expressive. Thus she was regarded as crazy. But the author will convince you that she was not. This is the story of a woman who has been abused and used. This is the story of a woman who abused and used too. This is the story of a woman who had everything to succeed to begin with, who chose another destiny full of passion and fame, and who ended forgotten and penniless. I want more books like that!!