On Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
From the novel, page 224: “As much I loved the spectacle of the dance and the drama. I also loved to be able to see the sets afterward, to meet the artists Gerald spoke of with admirartion and high regard.”
Just a few thoughts.
Zelda appeared to aspire to be a great dancer, and I think one of the reasons for her spiraling into insanity was she was jealous of her husband’s success as a fiction writer. I think the novel also conveys the greater importance of in-person conversation in the early 20th century compared with now when so much is online or through automation,
Also, it must be challenging to write historical or biographical novels like this one. How can you be sure you are being relatively accurate? The poet Eavan Boland remarked there is a differrence between the past and recorded history. How can you know for sure?