The Resource West of sunset, Stewart O'Nan
West of sunset, Stewart O'Nan
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Resource Information
The item West of sunset, Stewart O'Nan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
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- Summary
- "A "rich, sometimes heartbreaking" (Dennis Lehane) novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last years in Hollywood In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruins, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. By December 1940, he would be dead of a heart attack. Those last three years of Fitzgerald's life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O'Nan's gorgeously and gracefully written novel. With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald's past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, begins work on The Last Tycoon, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and daughter, Scottie. Fitzgerald's orbit of literary fame and the Golden Age of Hollywood is brought vividly to life through the novel's romantic cast of characters, from Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway to Humphrey Bogart. A sympathetic and deeply personal portrait of a flawed man who never gave up in the end, even as his every wish and hope seemed thwarted, West of Sunset confirms O'Nan as "possibly our best working novelist" (Salon)"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- West of sunset
- Title
- West of sunset
- Statement of responsibility
- Stewart O'Nan
- Title variation
- West of Sunset
- Subject
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- trueActors and actresses
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueFitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
- trueHollywood, California -- History -- 20th century
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueCareer changes
- trueMen/women relations
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueDetermination in men
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueAlcoholism
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century
- trueScreenplay writing
- truePartying
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueGossip columnists
- trueHistorical fiction
- true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A "rich, sometimes heartbreaking" (Dennis Lehane) novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last years in Hollywood In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruins, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. By December 1940, he would be dead of a heart attack. Those last three years of Fitzgerald's life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O'Nan's gorgeously and gracefully written novel. With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald's past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, begins work on The Last Tycoon, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and daughter, Scottie. Fitzgerald's orbit of literary fame and the Golden Age of Hollywood is brought vividly to life through the novel's romantic cast of characters, from Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway to Humphrey Bogart. A sympathetic and deeply personal portrait of a flawed man who never gave up in the end, even as his every wish and hope seemed thwarted, West of Sunset confirms O'Nan as "possibly our best working novelist" (Salon)"--
- Summary
- A tale inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald's last years in Hollywood finds him reflecting on past events at the height of the Jazz Age while falling in love, struggling to hold his family together and penning <i>The Last Tycoon</i>
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10392107
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Nan, Stewart
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3565.N316
- LC item number
- W47 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Authors, American
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- West of sunset, Stewart O'Nan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn881093812
- Extent
- pages ; cm
- Isbn
- 9780670785957
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014038470
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881093812
- Label
- West of sunset, Stewart O'Nan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn881093812
- Extent
- pages ; cm
- Isbn
- 9780670785957
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014038470
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881093812
Subject
- true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
- trueActors and actresses
- trueAlcoholism
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueCareer changes
- trueDetermination in men
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueFitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Fiction
- trueGossip columnists
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueHollywood, California -- History -- 20th century
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMen/women relations
- truePartying
- trueScreenplay writing
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