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Title: Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood ISBN: 0816638632 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33
Rating: 5
Summary: One of a Kind
Comment: This book is one of a kind....brilliant, great, adventurous, a classic. Words do not describe it. Isherwood lays evertything on the table. He shows all his cards. This is one of the most exciting books I've ever read. I'm a college student and I skipped all of the ten thousand other books I have to read in order to read this one. It was not a waste of time. Once you get into this book it's a blast. The best part is following Isherwood across Europe. If you want the definitive feeling about the Modern Era read this book. You will get to know such characters as EM Forster, W.H. Auden, and Virginia Woolfe.....Gee, ever heard of them? This is the last great classic Isherwood wrote. I was so entranced by the words that I stayed up all night to finnish it. It's defintiely on my all time favorite list.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting Read- rewarding for the patient
Comment: I will admit to being slightly put off by the text when I first started reading it. However, once past the unique construction of grammar and syntax, it was an enjoyable experience. I found the filter of the English class system, homosexuality and 1920's mores an interesting perspective. I would recommend reading some of Isherwood's other texts before undertaking this one as many of the stories and characters are freely referenced and revealed in a truer light. The descriptions of Germany are unique to his age and thoroughly fascinating. The story of the man he tries to save from the Nazi's is interesting, but I particularly liked the end of the novel where he broaches the future and seeking love, and true companionship. Overall I fine read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Isherwood discovers Berlin and boys
Comment: Christopher Isherwood makes it clear in his introduction that this book will be candid about his homosexuality. It begins with his move to Berlin and covers the time up to his move to America. There are fascinating anecdotes: the character of Sally Bowles (later made famous by "Cabaret") was named after the then unknown but handsome American Paul Bowles. Isherwood read E.M. Forster's "Maurice" in manuscript, decades before it was published. These are just a few. And note: his "Diaries: Volume 1" begins just *after* this book (the earlier diaries were destroyed)
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Title: The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood ISBN: 0811200701 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: 1988 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Lost Years : A Memoir 1945 - 1951 by Christopher Isherwood ISBN: 0061180017 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood ISBN: 0816638624 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years by Norman Page ISBN: 0312227124 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Prater Violet by Christopher Isherwood ISBN: 0816638616 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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