Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Inspiration for the Upcoming Major Motion Picture

by Fitzgerald

'This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his ideas a fair trial.' Fitzgerald's thought-provoking tale, 'THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON' is a fantastical satire about aging. It is the strange and haunting story of Benjamin Button who is born as an old man and ages backwards so that at the beginning of his life he is an old man and at the end of his life he is a baby.

• ISBN10: 1416556052
• ISBN13: 9781416556053
• Publish Date: 14 August 2007
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Imprint: Scribner
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 64
• Language: English

Reviews

[wcs53]

This might be one of the rare occasions where I enjoyed the movie more than the book. Having said that, the movie is very different from the book. This wasn’t bad, but I just felt that it lacked depth. It was a quick read, but would have benefitted from more character development.

[mbtc]

I read this through Daily Lit's feeds, which was nice b/c I wanted to read it but really didn't want to buy it. It was an interesting story, but not very developed. I think it could be a very interesting story if developed further.