A Single Man
$23.22
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
4 February 2010
Summary
A Single Man is an exclusive Vintage Classic that has been made into a film starring Julianne Moore and Colin Firth and directed by Tom Ford.
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,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099541288 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099541289 |
| Author: | Christopher Isherwood |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 4 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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The best prose writer in English
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 *A testimony to Isherwood’s undiminished brilliance as a novelist * Anthony Burgess *
About The Author
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 experiences. He created the character of Sally Bowles, later made famous as the heroine of the musical Cabaret. Isherwood travelled with W.H Auden to China in the late 1930s before going with him to America in 1939. He died on 4 January 1986.
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