by Gilles Leroy · Edicions de 1984 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492440207
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«Alabama Song» is the novel by Gilles Leroy, published by Edicions de 1984 in paperback (192 pages, in Catalan).
Narrated in the first person by Zelda Sayre, daughter of an Alabama judge, the novel reconstructs her story with F. Scott Fitzgerald from Montgomery to New York and old Europe. Between the Great War and the 1929 crash, the couple experiences success and fame, while Zelda struggles to exist in the face of a husband who devours her.
Winner of the 2007 Prix Goncourt, translated into Catalan by Anna Casasas. Part of the Mirmanda collection, number 61.
For readers of contemporary and historical fiction interested in the figure of Zelda Fitzgerald and her turbulent relationship with Scott Fitzgerald.
Gilles Leroy is a French writer. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, which appears in his 1996 novel Les Maîtres du monde as the "Lycée Ducasse". His novel Alabama song won the Prix Goncourt in 2007.
