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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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| Others | 9781607960713

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Piccolo capolavoro racchiuso in pochissime pagine.
Di solito, le storie brevi difficilmente mi appassionano: non hai il tempo di inquadrarle che terminano quasi subito. Eppure, nonostante abbia già visto e amato il film settimane fa (tra le altre cose, sono mooolto differenti), non ho potuto n ... (continue)

Piccolo capolavoro racchiuso in pochissime pagine.
Di solito, le storie brevi difficilmente mi appassionano: non hai il tempo di inquadrarle che terminano quasi subito. Eppure, nonostante abbia già visto e amato il film settimane fa (tra le altre cose, sono mooolto differenti), non ho potuto non adorare anche la versione originale da cui è tratta la pellicola. Davvero un racconto singolare, scritto in maniera splendida!
Affascinante e affascinata.
He did not remember clearly whether the milk was warm or cool at his last feeding or how the days passed--there was only his crib and Nana's familiar presence. And then he remembered nothing. When he was hungry he cried--that was all. Through the noons and nights he breathed and over him there were soft mumblings and murmurings that he scarcely heard, and faintly differentiated smells, and light and darkness.

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IHaveADream said on Feb 6, 2009 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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The tale and the screenplay

If you saw the movie and liked it, and even more if you didn't like it a lot... read the tale. It's very much different from the screenplay, somehow harder, a lot less romantic, and personally, after reading it, I thought much better of the screen adaptation. They're both very clever stories

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Angie said on Mar 1, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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Great short story

I read this book, enjoyed it, and then the film came out and now all I think of when this book is mentioned is Brad Pitt and an ugly little old baby. The book kept me intrigued, the film just turned it into an American love story like every other Hollywood movie.

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Danielle said on Jun 14, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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It is a very interesting read that I quite like. The first chapter is pretty humorous, Mr. Button's terrifying (but comical) first encounter with his newborn "baby" brought me some chuckles. As the story progresses, however, the pace is picked up and the readers can start feeling the tension and dis ... (continue)

It is a very interesting read that I quite like. The first chapter is pretty humorous, Mr. Button's terrifying (but comical) first encounter with his newborn "baby" brought me some chuckles. As the story progresses, however, the pace is picked up and the readers can start feeling the tension and disconnect that Benjamin is constantly having with the real world. When he marries a charming woman his age, he faces criticism as the public deems it shameful for a woman to marry such an "old" man. However after some years later the public soon forgets about this and feels sorry for Benjamin instead, for he is stuck with a woman that looks at least twenty years older than him. These kind of struggles are never-ending - Benjamin is usually incapable of doing what his mind craves to do, as his physical condition is always too old or too young to accomplish it.
The story ends with a bittersweet note; on one hand the readers feel relieved that Benjamin is finally over with his misery, but at the same time they feel sad that all those memories and experiences that Benjamin once has lived are no longer remembered, as if they never existed.
It is a very thought-provoking story and despite its shortness (it can be easily finished in an hour) the impact it leaves on its readers' minds is prodigious.

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xeriaz said on Jun 12, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Simply FABULOUS~

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Cate Kuan said on Feb 22, 2011 | Add your feedback

Funny off the bat

There was some really humorous writing from the start, but it sort of taper off into pretty matter of fact narration in the second half of it and it ended. And as with benjamin's final days till the chapter closed, it was as if nothing happened.

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Ripplecloud said on Feb 4, 2011 about the eBook edition | Add your feedback