Christopher Isherwood
$34.60
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2025
Summary
Christopher Isherwood began writing modernist novels before evolving into a pioneer of autofiction, which mingles fiction and autobiography. His novel Goodbye to Berlin inspired the hit musical Cabaret. Everything changed when Isherwood emigrated to America in 1939. He had become a pacifist and was studying to be a Hindu monk. Although Isherwood resumed his career as a writer, the novels he produced while living in the USA, including A Single Man, reflected his newf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836390091 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836390092 |
| Author: | Jake Poller |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books |
| Imprint: | Reaktion Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm |
| Series: | Critical Lives |
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“This is the Christopher Isherwood biography we have been missing: informative, readable, and concise. Jake Poller covers both Isherwood’s “monumental life” and his considerable work without producing a doorstop. Poller understands and appreciates both the English and the American Isherwood. He provides enough analysis of the major works to inspire readers to go to (or go back to) the source, without overwhelming them or imposing his interpretation on the audience. Poller provides fresh insight without being dogmatic, offering alternate readings of events and works. This is a book Isherwood fans will learn from and enjoy reading.” - James J. Berg, editor of Isherwood on Writing
About The Author
Jake Poller
Jake Poller teaches in the English department at Queen Mary University of London. His books include Aldous Huxley (Reaktion, 2021).
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