Criticism:
This is probably one of the greatest literary works in american history. Maybe, this is due to the way in which the language used in it is so lyric and beautiful that reading the book sometimes feels like reading a poem. Or to the way in which
the Roaring 20's society seems so realistic that it makes us feel ashamed of our own ancestors. Or to that in it one can read nearly a prediction to the fall that was to be suffered little after it was written. But, over anything else, it is due to it being the novel that has opened people's eyes to what the famous American Dream really is, and how this dream disappeared nearly before having arisen. This is why this classic is a compulsory read, for it is a masterpiece in which language and symbols are used with such mastery that when the reader finishes it he wants to read it all over again.
I would recommend this book to anyone more than 13 years old, but I mostly recommend that the reader investigates about the symbols and hidden meanings that crowd nearly every one of its pages, to enjoy it as much as is possible. It is a dynamic reading, although not too easy, and quite short. The ending is one of those which fill the reader and leaves him neither wanting the story to continue, nor feeling that less should have been told. The style is mostly philosophical, narrating a story in the real world but seen through eyes that are so biased that everything looks surreal.
Author's official webpage: Nonexistent
This is probably one of the greatest literary works in american history. Maybe, this is due to the way in which the language used in it is so lyric and beautiful that reading the book sometimes feels like reading a poem. Or to the way in which
the Roaring 20's society seems so realistic that it makes us feel ashamed of our own ancestors. Or to that in it one can read nearly a prediction to the fall that was to be suffered little after it was written. But, over anything else, it is due to it being the novel that has opened people's eyes to what the famous American Dream really is, and how this dream disappeared nearly before having arisen. This is why this classic is a compulsory read, for it is a masterpiece in which language and symbols are used with such mastery that when the reader finishes it he wants to read it all over again.
I would recommend this book to anyone more than 13 years old, but I mostly recommend that the reader investigates about the symbols and hidden meanings that crowd nearly every one of its pages, to enjoy it as much as is possible. It is a dynamic reading, although not too easy, and quite short. The ending is one of those which fill the reader and leaves him neither wanting the story to continue, nor feeling that less should have been told. The style is mostly philosophical, narrating a story in the real world but seen through eyes that are so biased that everything looks surreal.
Author's official webpage: Nonexistent
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