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A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood. Set in Southern California during 1962, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis , it depicts one day in the life of George, a middle-aged Englishman who is a professor at a Los Angeles university.
In 186 pages of concentrated, yet langorous, stream-of-consciousness prose Isherwood gets to the heart of what it means to be a middle-aged man, a loner, a fish out of water, an expatriate on several levels -- as a Britisher in a new land, a gay man in mid-century America, a man who thinks of himself as an outsider and a social animal at the ...
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Apr 1, 2001 · A Single Man. Paperback – April 1, 2001. by Christopher Isherwood (Author) 4.2 1,506 ratings. See all formats and editions. A professor at a California university in the 1960s must deal with loneliness and a sense of disconnection after the death of his longtime partner. Read more.
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Sep 24, 2019 · Review. “An absolutely devastating, unnerving, brilliant book.” ―Stephen Spender. “Isherwood's A Single Man, published in 1964, is one of the first and best novels of the modern gay liberation movement.” ―Edmund White. “A testimony to Isherwood's undiminished brilliance as a novelist.” ―Anthony Burgess.
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A Single Man: A Novel. Christopher Isherwood. Nov 2013· Sold by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 4.2star. 22 reviews. Ebook. 192. Pages. family_home. Eligible. info. $9.99 Ebook.
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Jun 11, 2013 · 9780374533878. In The News. “An absolutely devastating, unnerving, brilliant book.” — Stephen Spender. “Isherwood's A Single Man, published in 1964, is one of the first and best novels of the modern gay liberation movement.” — Edmund White. “A testimony to Isherwood's undiminished brilliance as a novelist.” — Anthony Burgess. About the Creators.
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