The Beautiful and the Damned. On This Side of Paradise

The Beautiful and the Damned – a novel about the couple Anthony and Gloria Patch, who are wasting their lives in New York while waiting for a huge inheritance. Meals in expensive restaurants, endless parties with friends, and lavish receptions... – what else can one dream of? But when the chances of receiving wealth become illusory, the dazzling couple must face a cruel reality: everything comes at a price – sometimes an unbearable one… On This Side of Paradise – a manifesto of American youth in the jazz age. All young people are the same. They are convinced that a brilliant future awaits them and the whole world belongs to them. So thought ambitious Emory Blaine – until he went through the harsh school of World War I. His story is the fate of an entire generation, for whom all the gods have died, all wars have thundered, and all faith has been undermined. Now, after numerous losses, a string of failures, and bitter disappointments, he craves only one thing – to have fun and enjoy every moment. But what is the true value of life on this side of paradise?