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A Single Man - (FSG Classics) by Christopher Isherwood (Paperback)

A Single Man - (FSG Classics) by  Christopher Isherwood (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>When Christopher Isherwood's <i>A Single Man </i>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. </b> <p/>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. <i>A Single Man </i>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"An absolutely devastating, unnerving, brilliant book." --<i>Stephen Spender</i> <p/>"Isherwood's <i>A Single Man</i>, published in 1964, is one of the first and best novels of the modern gay liberation movement." --<i>Edmund White</i> <p/>"A testimony to Isherwood's undiminished brilliance as a novelist." --<i>Anthony Burgess</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Christopher Isherwood</b> (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 <i>Prater Violet</i>, <i>A Single Man</i>, and <i>A Meeting by the River</i>; the semi-autobiographical <i>Lions and Shadows</i>; and the memoir <i>Christopher and His Kind</i>.

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