Tender is the Night

《Tender is the Night》是由著名美國作家Fitzgerald, Scott F.（斯科特·菲茨傑拉德）所創作的一篇久負盛名的長篇小説。

It ^[1]  is the story of a psychiatrist who marries one of his patients; as she slowly recovers, she exhausts his vitality until he is, in Fitzgerald’s words, un homme épuisé (“a used-up man”).這是一個精神科醫生的故事，他娶了他的一個病人，當她慢慢康復時，他耗盡了他的活力，直到他用菲茨傑拉德的話來説，un homme épuisé（“一個男人用完了”）。

At first a charming success, Dick Diver disintegrates into drunkenness, failure, and anonymity as his wife Nicole recovers her strength and independence. Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the Divers’ life of lassitude was a reflection of his years spent among the American expatriate community in France; his insight into Nicole’s madness came from his observations of his wife Zelda’s mental breakdowns. Diver is said to be based on the author’s friend Gerald Murphy, but the character reflects much of Fitzgerald as well.

F·斯科特·菲茨傑拉德，全稱弗朗西斯·斯科特·基·菲茨傑拉德，（1894 年 9月 24 日生於美國明尼蘇達州聖保羅 - 1940 年 12月21 日卒於加利福尼亞州好萊塢），美國短篇小説作家和小説家，以描繪爵士時代而聞名，他最輝煌的小説是《了不起的蓋茨比》。