Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood

Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood

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. As the Nazis rise to power, Isherwood describes his dramatic struggle to save his partner Heinz from persecution.

Pepys of the bohemian quarter * New York Sun *
The best prose writer in English -- Gore Vidal
Indispensable for admirers of this truly masterly writer * New York Times *
Christopher and His Kind is written with the lucidity, the intelligence, and the wit that we have come to expect from Isherwood at his best * New Statesman *
Christopher Isherwood is back in vogue * Independent *

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.

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ISBN 13	9780099561071
ISBN 10	0099561077
Title	Christopher and His Kind
Author	Christopher Isherwood
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2012-11-01
Number of pages	384
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