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A Single Man: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics) by [Christopher Isherwood]

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A Single Man: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics) Kindle Edition

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“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

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Isherwood's resurrected classic—now a feature film—takes us to Southern California in the 1960s and into one day in the life of George, a gay, middle-aged English professor, struggling to cope with his young lover's tragic death. Simon Prebble's voice is a perfect conduit for Isherwood's lyricism, and he assumes the role of George so naturally and with such raw feeling that listeners will feel as if they are hearing the words straight from the protagonist himself, so beautifully does Prebble create George's reserve behind which surge tides of grief, rage, and bitter loneliness. A University of Minnesota paperback. (Jan.)
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00F8HRQJS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reprint edition (November 19, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 19, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 723 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 162 pages
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Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) was one of the most prominent writers of his generation. He is the author of many works of fiction, including All the Conspirators, The Memorial, Mr. Norris Changes Trains, and Goodbye to Berlin, on which the musical Cabaret was based, as well as works of nonfiction and biography.

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