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A Single Man - (Picador Modern Classics) by Christopher Isherwood (Paperback)

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 192 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, LGBT
  • Series Name: Picador Modern Classics

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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.



Review Quotes




"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




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.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.21 Inches (H) x 5.48 Inches (W) x .52 Inches (D)
Weight: .37 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: LGBT
Series Title: Picador Modern Classics
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Paperback
Author: Christopher Isherwood
Language: English
Street Date: June 11, 2013
TCIN: 81920583
UPC: 9780374533878
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-5665
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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