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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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Jan 1, 2010 · Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover, Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ...
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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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A Single Man, like its forerunner Down There on a Visit, is perhaps not best read as a novel and is just hazily fictional. Its title character is George, a flaccid 58, not only the victim of his failing functions but emotionally devastated now that Jim is dead.
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Feb 29, 2012 · 4.2 1,511 ratings. See all formats and editions. Isherwood's short, poignant novel is a tender and wistful love story. Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover, Jim.
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