(Serbo-Croatian: S ove strane raja ), published in 1920, is the electrifying debut novel that launched F. Scott Fitzgerald into instant stardom. Written when he was just 23, the book serves as a semi-autobiographical "coming-of-age" story (bildungsroman) that captured the spirit of a "Lost Generation" searching for meaning in the aftermath of World War I. Plot & Themes

: Amory drifts through a series of romantic entanglements and intellectual phases, ultimately finding that success and love are often warped by greed and social status.

The story follows , a handsome and wealthy Midwesterner, through his formative years at Princeton and into a disillusioning young adulthood in New York City.