A single man
by Christopher Isherwood · first published 1964
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Classic fiction. The best prose writer in English' Gore Vidal Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher 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.
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After Many a Summer Dies a Swan is perhaps best remembered today for having been mentioned in Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man, but it's definitely worth reading. The 1950s saw a number of British ex-pats in Los Angles writing novels about their experiences. Isherwood's novel is another classic of the genre although the best…
on “Brave New LA: Aldous Huxley in Los Angeles (2013)” ↗I can't narrow it down to one (it's like trying to pick a favorite binary message format), but the best I can do: A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood. A beautifully somber story of a gay man dealing with loss in the 60's. When I read it as a kid, it helped deal with the sense of alienation I was feeling during my adolescence.…
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