Diaries Vol.1

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 In 1939! Christopher Isherwood and W H Auden emigrated together to the United States. This title describes Isherwood's search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood! his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as Garbo! Chaplin! Thomas Mann! and more. Zusammenfassung In 1939, Christopher Isherwood and W H Auden emigrated together to the United States. This title describes Isherwood's search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as Garbo, Chaplin, Thomas Mann, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Isherwood
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2011
• EAN: 9780099555827
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955582-7
• No. of pages: 1104
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 56 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000