The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Born in the body of a 70-year-old man, Benjamin Button is cursed to live life in reverse. As he ages backwards, he embraces life, finds love and seeks out adventure, all while getting younger and younger. But time, however skewered, waits for no man, and even youth waits to rob Benjamin Button of the one rare thing we all share – life.

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The classic, moving tale of a man born old, destined to die young, and live at odds with his time

To the confusion and embarrassment of his family, Benjamin Button is born an old man. As the years pass, he grows younger – moving against the current of ordinary life. While those around him age as expected, Benjamin finds himself increasingly out of step, his relationships strained by a life no one else can share. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quietly unsettling tale of being a misfit to one’s time.

Includes the stories: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Winter Dreams and ‘The Sensible Thing’

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

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Weight 0.094 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 13 × 0.9 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

176

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

813.52 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K