A Single Man

Name: A Single Man
Author: Christopher Isherwood

by Christopher Isherwood

Novel of an aging American professor living in Los Angeles confronting mortality and loneliness

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Christopher Isherwood

Isherwood was the most vivid chronicler of Weimar Berlin, whose autobiographical novels created the figure of the detached observer-narrator that defined a generation of English travel writing. Goodbye to Berlin gave the world Sally Bowles.

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Goodbye to BerlinBerlin stories chronicling bohemian life and impending darkness at the end of Weimar era
The MemorialNovel exploring the aftermath of World War One through intertwined family and romantic histories
Lions and ShadowsAutobiography of Isherwood's formative years and friendships at Cambridge and in literary circles
Prater VioletNovella about a screenwriter and director collaborating on a film in 1930s Vienna and Hollywood
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