A Single Man
4.1
(93 ratings)158 pages1964Farrar Straus & GirouxISBN 9780374520380
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About this book
Classic fiction. The best prose writer in English' Gore Vidal Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 158
- ISBN
- 9780374520380
- Language
- en
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