In addition to the title story, this audio collection also includes "Babylon Revisited," "Three Hours Between Planes," "The Bridal Party," and "The Lost Decade." I thought the title story was the weakest in the bunch. It’s more of a novelty than anything else. It reminds me of the kind of stories that Mark Twain wrote. The other stories have a more melancholy tone. They all involve men renewing acquaintances with people or places after long absences. Some of the stories seem autobiographical, with the main characters coping with the effects of alcohol abuse and failed relationships with women. The most heart-wrenching is "Babylon Revisited,” a story about a recovering alcoholic trying to regain custody of his daughter. ( )

I read a similar short story before. Whether it came before or after CCBB is beyond me since I haven't been able to find it since my undergrad days, but either way, *this* was not the superior story. Nor were any of the other short stories contained in this volume of any interest. ( )

Este libro constituye la quintaesencia del mundo narrativo de Scott Fitzgerald, quizá el narrador mas dotado que dio la literatura norteamericana del siglo XX. En todos y cada uno de estos relatos se abordan sus obsesiones recurrentes: la melancolía por el final de una época, los claroscuros de la pareja, el fracaso o la fascinación por el lujo y la riqueza. En el cuento del titulo, Benjamin Button es un hombre que nace viejo para rejuvenecer lentamente a medida que pasan los años, de modo que su relación con el mundo adquiere una perspectiva insólita e inquietante. Otras historias hablan de hombres que recuerdan sin tregua el momento en que perdieron su oportunidad, como en el extraordinario Regreso a Babilonia, tal vez uno de los mejores cuentos que jamas se han escrito. En La tarde de un autor acompañamos a un escritor en su paseo otoñal, varado en la sequía creativa. En definitiva, cada pieza es un vislumbre del seductor e imperecedero mundo narrativo de Scott Fitzgerald. ( )

Much better story than the love story Hollywood made it into. Overall, I think Fitzgerald does a better job in novel form where he has the space to bring the story around to his point. ( )

Much better story than the love story Hollywood made it into. Overall, I think Fitzgerald does a better job in novel form where he has the space to bring the story around to his point. ( )