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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. A Single Man 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. When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man 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.
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A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood
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- Released
- 2019
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- Title
- A Single Man
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Christopher Isherwood
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 1250239370
- ISBN13
- 9781250239372
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Classics, USA, LGBTQ+, Death, England, Loss, Loneliness, Homosexuality, Teachers
- Original title
- A single man
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- 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. A Single Man 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. When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man 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.