F. SCOTT FITZGERALD launch event at Arlington Hills Community Center with the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, Niklas Salmose, David Rennie, Dave Page, and Ross Tangedal
January 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CST
Niklas Salmose, David Rennie, Dave Page, and Ross Tangedal will join the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library at Arlington Hills Community Center on Saturday, January 18, to celebrate their new book F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography, at 12:00 p.m. CST.
This event is free and open to the public. Light food will be provided, and book sales will be available on site. A livestream of the event will also be available.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a man of many aspects, a writer whose complexity and multitudes this composite biography finally aptly portrays. Bringing together twenty-three leading writers and scholars on Fitzgerald, each focusing on two years of his life, this volume presents a new way of grouping together biographical material and perspectives, considering from various angles the author’s best-known works as well as understudied writings, personal experiences, and literary relationships.
“Like a cubist painting, each chapter puts forward alternative perspectives that cumulatively produce a rich and interesting biography. An entertaining and provocative look into Fitzgerald’s life.” —CHOICE
“If the Jazz Age novelist really was so multifaceted as he hoped, F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography surely goes some distance in capturing him.” —The New Criterion
“The authors aim to present his life from diverse angles rather than offering a singular narrative, honoring the breadth of Fitzgerald’s imaginative and creative life.” —Minnesota History Magazine
“The book will no doubt make you think about periods of Fitzgerald’s life you haven’t considered before. F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography is ample proof that there is still much to be said about this important American author, more than eighty years after his death.” —Ramsey County Historical Society
