A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood
(Author)
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Description
When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man first appeared, it shocked many with its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in maturity. Isherwood's favorite of his own novels, it now stands as a classic lyric meditation on life as an outsider.
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 hours. Behind his British reserve, tides of grief, rage, and loneliness surge--but what is revealed is a man who loves being alive despite all the everyday injustices.Product Details
Price
$17.00
$15.81
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publish Date
June 11, 2013
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.48 X 8.21 X 0.52 inches | 0.37 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780374533878
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About the Author
Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was born in Manchester, England, and lived in Berlin from 1929 to 1933 and immigrated to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books. FSG Classics presents some of his finest work, including the novels Prater Violet, A Single Man, and A Meeting by the River; the semi-autobiographical Lions and Shadows; and the memoir Christopher and His Kind.
Reviews
"An absolutely devastating, unnerving, brilliant book." --Stephen Spender
"Isherwood's A Single Man, published in 1964, is one of the first and best novels of the modern gay liberation movement." --Edmund White "A testimony to Isherwood's undiminished brilliance as a novelist." --Anthony Burgess
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