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Overview
Christopher and His Kind covers the most memorable ten years in the writer’s life—from 1929, when Isherwood left England to spend a week in Berlin and decided to stay there indefinitely, to 1939, when he arrived in America. When the book was published in 1976, readers were deeply impressed by the courageous candor with which he describes his life in gay Berlin of the 1930s and his struggles to save his companion, Heinz, from the Nazis.An engrossing and dramatic story and a fascinating glimpse into a little-known world, Christopher and His Kind remains a classic in gay liberation literature and one of Isherwood’s greatest achievements.
Ten years in the writers life -- from 1929 when he left England to spend a week in Berlin and decided to stay there indefinitely, to the beginning of 1939.
Synopsis
An engrossing look into the literary, social, and political life of this literary icon during Isherwood’s formative Berlin years (1929-1939).
The New York Times Book Review
“Indispensable for admirers of this truly masterly writer.”
—Peter Stansky, The New York Times Book Review
Editorials
Peter Stansky
Indispensable for admirers of this truly masterly writer.— The New York Times Book Review
Gore Vidal
The best prose writer in English... The later Isherwood is even better than the early cameraman.— Gore Vidal, The New York Review of Books
Paul Piazza
Isherwood freely discusses a dimension of his experience previously repressed in his fiction, his homosexuality. And in telling the truth about himself, he ultimately transcends the limits of autobiography to write what is, in effect, another novel.— The Washington Post
The New York Times Book Review
“Indispensable for admirers of this truly masterly writer.”—Peter Stansky, The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Review of Books
“The best prose writer in English. . . . The later Isherwood is even better than the early cameraman.”—Gore Vidal, The New York Review of Books
Book Details
Published
October 1, 2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780816638635