ABSTRACT
This chapter shows how the biopreservation process works in practice, in constructing the image of F. Scott Fitzgerald in the biofictional narrative presented in the form of a fictional autobiographical account of his wife Zelda in Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald contrasted with real Zelda’s own semi-autobiography, Save Me the Waltz. This particular contrasting of the two narratives aims to get hold of the internal textual changes and transformations before the final product is reached. By means of dissecting the biopreservational sequences, this chapter details the narrative elements that form and shape an equally unique life-writing genre, equally valuable and intriguing as the next one. The comparison, however, enables numerous conclusions on the meaning the narrative aims to convey, such as the building of the fictional narrative self of the real-life wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald.
