Christopher and His Kind

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. He left Cambridge without graduating, briefly studied medicine and then turned to writing his first novels, All the Conspirators and The Memorial . Between 1929 and 1939 he lived mainly abroad, spending four years in Berlin and writing the novels Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin on which the musical Cabaret was based. He moved to America in 1939, becoming a US citizen in 1946, and wrote another five novels, including Down There on a Visit and A Single Man , a travel book about South America and a biography of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. In the late 1960s and '70s he turned to autobiographical works: Kathleen and Frank , Christopher and His Kind , My Guru and His Disciple and October , one month of his diary with drawings by Don Bachardy. Klappentext Isherwood's classic memoir of his life in 1930s Berlin, a seminal book of gay liberation. Recently adapted into a BBCTV drama starring Matt Smith. *Also appeared in May Buyer's Notes* Zusammenfassung In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's night scene and his route to sexual liberation.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Isherwood
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780099561071
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956107-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Berlin, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Germany, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Autobiography: literary, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Autobiography: writers, Of specific Gay interest, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people