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Welcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern California. George is a gay middle-aged English professor, adjusting to solitude after the tragic death of his young partner. He is determined to persist in the routines of his former life. A Single Man follows him over the course of an ordinary twenty-four hours. Behind his British reserve, tides of grief, rage, and loneliness surge—but what is revealed is a man who loves being alive despite all the everyday injustices. When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man first appeared, it shocked many with its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in maturity. Isherwood's favorite of his own novels, it now stands as a classic lyric meditation on life as an outsider.
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A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood
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- Année de publication
- 2019
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- Titre
- A Single Man
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Christopher Isherwood
- Éditeur
- Picador
- Publié
- 2019
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 1250239370
- ISBN13
- 9781250239372
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Amour, Classiques, États-Unis, LGBTQ+, Mort, Angleterre, Perte, Solitude, Homosexualité, Enseignante, professeurs
- Titre original
- A single man
- Évaluation
- 4,1 sur 5
- Description
- Welcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern California. George is a gay middle-aged English professor, adjusting to solitude after the tragic death of his young partner. He is determined to persist in the routines of his former life. A Single Man follows him over the course of an ordinary twenty-four hours. Behind his British reserve, tides of grief, rage, and loneliness surge—but what is revealed is a man who loves being alive despite all the everyday injustices. When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man first appeared, it shocked many with its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in maturity. Isherwood's favorite of his own novels, it now stands as a classic lyric meditation on life as an outsider.