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A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood
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Description for A Single Man
Paperback. Tells the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover, Jim. This title shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132 160pp
Isherwood's short, poignant novel is a tender and wistful love story
Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover, Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation.
'A virtuoso piece of work...courageous...powerful' Sunday Times
'This mix of humour and stoicism in the face of pent-up grief is essential Isherwood' Guardian
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099541288
SKU
9780099541288
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About Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904. He began to write at university and later moved to Berlin, where he gave English lessons to support himself. He witnessed first hand the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany and some of his best works, such as Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, draw on these ... Read more
Reviews for A Single Man
The best prose writer in English
Gore Vidal
A virtuoso piece of work...courageous...powerful
Sunday Times
His key post-war work. A quarter-century ahead of its time in its portrayal of a quotidian homosexual life, it inspired a generation of gay writers in Britain and the US
Independent
Lyrical and intensely moving
Daily Telegraph
... Read more
Gore Vidal
A virtuoso piece of work...courageous...powerful
Sunday Times
His key post-war work. A quarter-century ahead of its time in its portrayal of a quotidian homosexual life, it inspired a generation of gay writers in Britain and the US
Independent
Lyrical and intensely moving
Daily Telegraph
... Read more