Christopher and His Kind

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904. He began to write at university and later moved to Berlin, where he gave English lessons to support himself. He witnessed first hand the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany and some of his best works, such as Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, draw on these experiences. He created the character of Sally Bowles, later made famous as the heroine of the musical Cabaret . Isherwood travelled with W.H Auden to China in the late 1930s before going with him to America in 1939. He died on 4 January 1986. His novel A Single Man was recently made into an award-winning film by Tom Ford, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. 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