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In a letter to his editor, Harold Ober, F. Scott Fitzgerald explained that he conceived his short stories as if they were novels. He wasn't referring to length, of course, nor to the complexity of the plot, but rather to the emotions they should evoke, to their intention and capacity to move readers. Perhaps this explanation holds the key to his approach to storytelling: the best of them, and there are many, could have been novels. This is due to the depth of the characters, the absolute mastery of the narrative, and the ability to make visible what is left unsaid, allowing the reader to discover it. Diverse and intense emotions permeate every page of his work, which is marked by a series of themes in which he is probably an undisputed master: the ambitions of youth, the fear of failure, the various and painful ways of wasting a life, heartbreak, loneliness, and what is irretrievable.