This Side of Paradise, the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, is recently translated into Persian by Soheil Somi.

IBNA: "This Side of Paradise" is the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920, and taking its title from a line of the Rupert Brooke poem Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is an attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking. 

The book is written in three parts: 1) " The Romantic Egotist" that centers on Amory Blaine, a young Midwesterner who, convinced that he has an exceptionally promising future, attends boarding school and later Princeton University. He leaves behind in the Midwest his eccentric mother Beatrice and a priest who was a close family friend, Monsignor Darcy. At Princeton he falls in love with Isabelle Borgé, and despite his efforts to court her, is rejected. 2) "Interlude", following their break-up, Amory is shipped overseas, to serve in the army in World War I. Fitzgerald had been in the army himself, but the war ended while he was still stationed on Long Island. Amory's experiences in the war are not described, other than to say later in the book that he was a bayonet instructor. And 3) "The Education of a Personage": after the war, Amory Blaine falls in love with a New York debutante named Rosalind Connage. Because he is poor, however, this relationship collapses as well; Rosalind decides to marry a wealthy man instead. A devastated Amory is further crushed to learn that his mentor Monsignor Darcy has died. The book ends with Amory's iconic lament, "I know myself, but that is all." 

This Side of Paradise was published on March 26, 1920 with a first printing of 3,000 copies. The initial printing sold out in three days, confirming Fitzgerald's prediction of overnight fame. The book went through 12 printings in 1920 and 1921, for a total of 49,075 copies. The novel itself did not provide a huge income for Fitzgerald. Its success, however, helped the now-famous Fitzgerald earn much higher rates for his short stories. 

Soheil Somi, promising translator, has converted numerous key and classical works into Persian such as Hillis Miller's "On Literature", John M. Dunn's "The Russian Revolution", and "Kafka's Last Love" by Kathi Diamant.

Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise" is converted into Persian by Soheil Somi and published in 376 pages by Qoqnoos Publishing House. 

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