萨拉是一位法国贵族的美国妻子，她与她的同胞塞德里克•基里安有过两次邂逅，一次是年轻时在北卡罗来纳州一个平静快乐的地方，另一次是在**次世界大战期间，当时他是一名即将上战场的士兵。多年后，她丈夫去世了，这时塞德里克突然与她联系，萨拉发现自己渴望再次见到他——尽管丈夫的家人肯定不同意——并找出这个她所爱但却知之甚少的人的秘密。

《亲密的陌生人》是一个关于爱情受挫的凄美故事，探讨了许多菲茨杰拉德最喜欢的主题，如社会压力对浪漫的制约以及美国人对古欧洲的迷恋。本书还收录了他从20世纪30年代中期到生命结束期间写的其他鲜为人知的故事，展示了《了不起的盖茨比》和《夜色温柔》的作者的另一面。

包含：《犹豫不决》、《在三和四之间》、《换班》、《诊断》、《飞行与追逐》、《橡胶支票》、《按计划》、《我有鞋》、《家庭巴士》、《没有花》、《新类型》、《她最后的盒子》和《亲密陌生人》。

Sara, the American wife of a French aristocrat, has had two encounters with her compatriot Cedric Killian, one a youthful idyll in North Carolina and the other during the First World War, when he was a soldier about to go to battle. When, years later and after the death of her husband, Cedric contacts her out of the blue, Sara finds herself eager to see him again - against the wishes of her in-

laws - and to find out the secret of this man she loves yet knows so little about.

A poignant tale of thwarted love, 'The Intimate Strangers' explores many of Fitzgerald's favourite themes, such as the constraints of social pressure on romance and the American fascination for Old Europe. This volume also includes other lesser-known stories he wrote from the mid-

1930s until the end of his life, revealing new facets to the author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night.

Contains: Indecision, Between Three and Four, A Change of Class, Diagnosis, Flight and Pursuit, The Rubber Cheque, On Schedule, I Got Shoes, The Family Bus, No Flowers, New Types, Her Last Case and The Intimate Strangers.