![]() ![]() ![]() The art scene in Paris was decimated first by the war and then by an influenza virus in 1918. She also saw many similarities between those who had fled to Paris because they were misfits and artists and felt that they did not have a place anywhere else, and the gay communities of the 1980s who fled to the bigger cities, like Chicago, seeking to fit in themselves. He refers in this quote to the "lost generation" and this resonated with Makkai, who saw many parallels between the lost generation of Fitzgerald's era, and the generation that was lost because of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. I have never cared more for any men as much as for those who felt the first springs when I did, and saw death ahead and were reprieved - and who now walk the long stormy summer." Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote "We were the great believers. The author drew the title from a quotation by F. Why did the author choose this title for the book, and what does it mean? ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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