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Zusatztext "But the gold mine of Isherwood work has been the posthumous publication of three huge diaries amounting to almost 3!000 pages. Comprehensively and lovingly edited and annotated by Katherine Bucknell! these volumes give us the most detailed portrait of the writer..." Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext In this final volume of Christopher Isherwood's diaries, the celebrated writer greets advancing age with poignant humor and an unquenchable appetite for the new. Isherwood deepens his study of Hinduism, writes his final books, and immerses himself in the vibrant creative scenes of the 1970s. With his long-term companion, Don Bachardy, Isherwood delves into the art worlds of Los Angeles, New York, and London, where he meets Rauschenberg, Ruscha, Warhol, and Hockney. Collaborating with Bachardy on scripts for Broadway and Hollywood, he encounters John Huston, Merchant and Ivory, John Travolta, David Bowie, Jon Voight, Armistead Maupin, Elton John, and Joan Didion. This volume is a densely populated human comedy, sketched with both ruthlessness and benevolence against the background of the Vietnam War, the energy crisis, and the Nixon, Carter, and Reagan White Houses. The final installment of Isherwood's masterwork reveals a man candidly fearful of his approaching death, and yet engaged in the vitality and energy of daily life. Zusammenfassung Candid and revealing! the final volume of Christopher Isherwood's diaries brings together his thoughts on life! love! and death. Beginning in the period of his life when he wrote Kathleen and Frank ! his first intensely personal book! Liberation: Diaries 1970–1983 intimately and wittily records Isherwood's immersion in the 1970s art scene in Los Angeles! New York! and London—a world peopled by the likes of Robert Rauschenberg! Ed Ruscha! Andy Warhol! and David Hockney! as well as his Broadway writing career! which brought him in touch with John Huston! Merchant and Ivory! John Travolta! John Voight! Elton John! David Bowie! Joan Didion! and Armistead Maupin. With a preface by Edmund White! Liberation is a rich and engaging final memoir by one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. ...
