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Title	:	A Single Man
Author	:	Christopher Isherwood
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	March 20th 2001 by Univ Of Minnesota Press (first published 1964)
Categories	:	Fiction. LGBT. Classics. GLBT. Queer. Gay

A Single Man

Christopher Isherwood

Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

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"When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, determined to persist in the routines of his daily life. An Englishman and a professor living in suburban Southern California, he is an outsider in every way, and his internal reflections and interactions with others reveal a man who loves being alive despite everyday injustices and loneliness. Wry, suddenly manic, constantly funny, surprisingly sad, this novel catches the true textures of life itself."--BOOK JACKET.

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Original Title:	A Single Man
ISBN:	0816638624 (ISBN13: 9780816638628)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	George Falconer, Kenny Potter, Charley, Jim
Setting:	Los Angeles, California,1962(United States)

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Day in the Life of Gay. In the 1960s! Artifact indeed--more valuable because it is truly a piece of Isherwood's heart, it is semi autobiographic; our hero George is an Englishman living in L.A.! But he is depressed, he is experienced... this day, like Clarissa Dalloway's, will be special. Personally, I really admired the way White Privilege is portrayed and dissected in this novel. George is an outsider, but not un-White, not un-learned. He fights for his rightful place... as an Outsider!

Christopher Isherwood has written a book that makes me hate him. Or maybe I hate myself? The main theme of this book is loss; loss of a lover, loss of youth, loss of identity, loss of direction, it's all there in beautifully phrased observations and it tickled that spot in my mind, the spot where I hide all of my fears, until I could no longer ignore the fact that I am and I continue to lose these things myself until one day the devastating and unthinkable will happen and I will lose that which

So right after finishing Isherwood's "A Single Man" last night I did this terrible (or wonderful?) thing of whatching the movie based on the book. I was moved after the book, and it only got intensified after I finished the movie at 2:30 am last night. And I could not sleep until the morning. The terrible part is that I can't tell which of the two was responsible for my insomnia in the end. The wonderful part that I had not been moved in such way in a very long time."A Single Man" follows

English (A Single Man)/ ItalianoGeorge, a middle-aged professor, has an ordinary life, but now he must relate to loneliness because of the untimely passing of his partner. Glimmers of light thanks to few daily joys can be seen in his gray days: a female friend who invites him to dinner to distract him, but awkwardily ends up kissing him, ignoring his homosexuality and pretending more than what George can offer her. Or a college student who spends the night at George's house, giving him a few

Oh, Colin Firth, you are just perfect in every (single) way, and Julianne Moore, can I become you? Let me get drunk with you guys and dance to 'Green Onions' with you. What a name for a song, right? And I don't even dance.Is that Don Draper on the phone? Ask to speak to Betty! And Mary's husband, long before Downton Abbey, with Nicholas Hoult and that sweater. Where do I get one? A Nicholas Hoult, and a sweater. Let's not forget the scene with John Kortajarena and Janet Leigh--absolute

An astounding piece of work; a day in the life of novel. The day belongs to George Falconer; an English professor in his 50s (English by nationality as well) teaching in southern California. It is set in the early 1960s. Georges lover Jim has recently died suddenly and he is alone again. The novel takes us from waking to breakfast, to travelling to work and so on. This doesnt have the grandiosity of Joyce; it is much more straightforward and focuses living each day because of lifes brevity. The

This is a gem of a book. The style of writing is quite lyrical in a sense and beautiful itself, let alone having a great story line!I finished it quickly and highly recommend the Audiobook version. Narration is stunning & adds a lot to it in my opinion!