From one of the great voices in the history of American literature, a witty and fantastical satire about aging, and the inspiration for the 2008 blockbuster film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known today for his novels, but during his lifetime his fame stemmed primarily from his prolific achievements as one of America’s most gifted short story writers.
In 1860, Benjamin Button is born an old man and mysteriously begins aging backward. At the beginning of his life, he is withered and worn, but as he continues to grow younger he embraces life—he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, goes to college and prep school, and, as his mind begins to devolve, he attends kindergarten and eventually returns to the care of his nurse.
This strange and haunting story embodies the sharp social insight that has made Fitzgerald one of the great voices in American literature. Anthologized in Fitzgerald’s 1922 book Tales of the Jazz Age, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is one of his most memorable stories and has been acclaimed by generations of readers.
原著作者的靈感來自馬克吐溫的一句話:「如果我們能夠出生的時候80歲,逐漸接近18歲,人生一定更美好……」故事主角班傑明一出生就是個80歲模樣的老人,隨著年紀漸長,班傑明卻越來越年輕。班傑明的一生所要面對的生老病死與愛恨別離與一般人並沒有不同,但他逆行生理特性卻成了他追求真愛的的唯一障礙...