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A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Classic Fiction
Welcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern California. George is a gay middle-aged English professor, adjusting to solitude after the tragic death of his young partner. He is determined to persist in the routines of his former life. "A Single Man "follows him over the course of an ordinary twenty-four hou ...Show more
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Fiction
Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evokin ...Show more
A Single Man (Film Tie-In Cover) by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Fiction
In this brilliantly perceptive novel, a middle aged professor living in California, is alienated from his students by differences in age and nationality, and from the rest of society by his homosexuality. Isherwood explores the depths of the human soul and its ability to triumph over loneliness, alienat ...Show more
All the Conspirators by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Fiction
The scene is 1920s Kensington and Philip and Joan are testing the very limits of politeness and restraint as they fight to expunge the oppression of their mother - by whatever means necessary. In his first novel, Christopher Isherwood paints an intimate portrait of the battle between old and young as he ...Show more
Bhagavad Gita: the Song of God by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood (translated by)
Category: Spirituality
The timeless epic of Hindu faith contains a simple, vivid message of daily inspiration for millions throughout the world. This powerful, beautiful scripture is translated into clear, meaningful English which can be read as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social pr ...Show more
Christopher Isherwood Diaries: v. 1 by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Biography
In 1939, Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden emigrated together to the United States. In spare, luminous prose these diaries describe Isherwood's search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists a ...Show more
Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Fiction
In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's night scene and his route to sexual liberation. As th ...Show more
Christopher and His Kind A Memoir by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: FSG Classics Ser.
An indispensable memoir by one of the most prominent writers of his generationOriginally published in 1976, Christopher and His Kind covers the most memorable ten years in the writer’s life—from 1928, when Christopher Isherwood left England to spend a week in Berlin and decided to stay there indefinitel ...Show more
Down There on a Visit by Christopher Isherwood
Category: Fiction
This title deals with a new introduction by Philip Hensher. "Radiant with observation, never wasting a word, funny and sympathetic". (Stephen Spender). Berlin, the Greek Islands, London and California. 1928, 1932, 1988 and 1940. Four portraits, four settings, four narrators, all known as "Christopher Is ...Show more
Down There on a Visit by Christopher Isherwood (New Directions)
Category: Fiction | Series: FSG Classics Ser.
Bremen, 1928. The Greek Islands, 1932. London, 1938. California, 1940. Four portraits, four settings, four narrators all named Christopher Isherwood. Here are the postcards home from a spiritual tourist looking for a new mode of life as well as a new place to live while Europe, and then the world, moves ...Show more