The World in the Evening

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 At a party in the Hollywood Hills, Stephen Monk finds his wife in the arms of another man. Betrayed and furious, he packs his belongings and returns to the home he was born in. But most of all, the memory of his lost love, Elizabeth Rydal, haunts him. Can he forgive his wife, and most importantly, himself? Zusammenfassung At a party in the Hollywood Hills, Stephen Monk finds his wife in the arms of another man. Betrayed and furious, he packs his belongings and returns to the home he was born in. But most of all, the memory of his lost love, Elizabeth Rydal, haunts him. Can he forgive his wife, and most importantly, himself?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christopher Isherwood
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780099561149
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956114-9
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Serie: Vintage Classics; Vintage Isherwood
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Relating to bisexuals or pansexuals, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Bisexual