All The Sad Young Men

Published a year after the great gatsby, this short-story collection showcases many of the celebrated novels themes, as well as its unique writing style two of the most famous tales, the beautifully elegiac the rich boy and winter dreams, deal with wealthy protagonists - the old-money anson hunter and the self-made man dexter green - as they come to terms with lost love; while absolution, in which a boy confesses to a priest, was initially written as a background piece to the great gatsby