Like the (01) book this is also a novel I read, prior to the film which was released in 2013.
This novel is considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and "the american novel" by many critics and the readers.
Now why I read this book which was published in 1925 was to have better movie experience.
I was always a film fanatic.
And to say the experience was good both in the film and the book par with paying justice to the plot in a unique way.
Now as I remember the book takes place in a unique time in USA (United States of America), the roaring 20's, the jazz age where booze, partying and the industrialization is bustling in America.
And in the middle of all that, there is an age old love story linked to all social and human aspects with a more darker and a sad analysis of life.
It shown from a unique perspective of Nick Carraway, the storyteller or narrator.
"The Great Gatsby" is Jay Gatsby, a man who decided to be a billionaire for a woman.
His love was blind. He goes beyond limits to get his love and fails in front of human frailty.
The story is embedded to tragedy. The writing style is from Nick's perspective which is kind of amazing.
Though a small book it covers many social aspects of the society which is still universal.
A must read.
This novel reminds of the Sri Lankan Martin Wickramasinghe triology.
(01) Gamperiliya (1944)
(02) Yuganthaya (1956)
(03) Kaliyugaya (1957)
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