Tender Is the Night (Paperback)

"One of the striking aspects of Tender Is the Night is that the main character is a psychiatrist who marries his patient. Psychoanalysis was then a topic virtually unknown to the general public, and Fitzgerald was one of the first 20th-century novelists to venture into this complex territory." Roberto Muggiati, excerpt from the preface "A tragedy wrapped in beauty that captures the brilliance of the pursuit of pleasure and wealth." Express Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, this book tells the story of Dick Diver, a brilliant psychiatrist who marries his patient Nicole Warren. The couple's life is nothing more than a sham: overcome by boredom, incapable of communication, amidst incessant cocktails, receptions, and money, they live in an atmosphere of false euphoria. Fitzgerald was the author who best captured the aura of wealth and its effect on the human soul, depicting the routine of the nouveau riche at a time when America was taking off on a dynamism of prosperity and hypocrisy. A landmark work of the Lost Generation, Tender Is the Night, with its distinctly autobiographical tone, reveals characters with an exceptional sense of realism. In 1962, the novel was adapted for the screen under the direction of Henry King, starring Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards.