The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Adaptation
by Nicki Greenberg
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A brilliant, innovative, reverently faithful graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz-age classic.Tags
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I hadn't read F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" when I first read this novel when I was twelve, but if it's anything as good as this I must get my hands on it immediately!
The novel is set in the nineteen-twenties Long Island North Shore and in New York City. Jay gatsby has moved in next door to the narrator, Nick Carroway. Nick begins to learn about Gatsby's murky past and his lost love, Daisy . . .
We are introduced to the same world of glamour and parties in the novel. The illustrations in black and white photograph album style perfectly convey the atmosphere. I especially loved the scenes drving past the optometrist's sign, with the giant eyes always watching. Very creepy alongside the drunken revelry of Gatsby's parties.
As show more for the various characters as different made-up or animal-like creatures, the idea is genius. I found they conveyed each character perfectly, especially Daisy as the delicate, flower-like creature - yet her clothing and statements revealed her superficiality.
This was a wonderfully enjoyable novel. However sad it was, the atmosphere was utterly captivating and the story rolled along slowly, but compellingly. I'm determined to read the original! show less
The novel is set in the nineteen-twenties Long Island North Shore and in New York City. Jay gatsby has moved in next door to the narrator, Nick Carroway. Nick begins to learn about Gatsby's murky past and his lost love, Daisy . . .
We are introduced to the same world of glamour and parties in the novel. The illustrations in black and white photograph album style perfectly convey the atmosphere. I especially loved the scenes drving past the optometrist's sign, with the giant eyes always watching. Very creepy alongside the drunken revelry of Gatsby's parties.
As show more for the various characters as different made-up or animal-like creatures, the idea is genius. I found they conveyed each character perfectly, especially Daisy as the delicate, flower-like creature - yet her clothing and statements revealed her superficiality.
This was a wonderfully enjoyable novel. However sad it was, the atmosphere was utterly captivating and the story rolled along slowly, but compellingly. I'm determined to read the original! show less
really great
A lovely graphic adaptation of a classic story.
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Nicki Greenberg is the Australian author of Teddy Took the Train which won an Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award in the three to five years category. The Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards aim to `promote quality Australian books that help children get the best, most literate start in life¿, as well as raising awareness of show more `the role speech pathologists play in assisting people of all ages to develop their language and literacy skills¿. The books are judged on their `appeal to children, interactive quality and ability to assist speech pathologists and parents in communication and literacy development¿. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nick Carraway; Jay Gatsby; Daisy Fay Buchanan; Tom Buchanan; Jordan Baker
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- Graphic novel adaptation by Nicki Greenberg. Please do not combine with original novel or other graphic novel adaptations by different creators.
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