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Down There on a Visit - (FSG Classics) by Christopher Isherwood (Paperback)
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About this item
Highlights
- Bremen, 1928.
- About the Author: Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was born outside Manchester, England.
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
- Series Name: FSG Classics
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Book Synopsis
Bremen, 1928. The Greek Islands, 1932. London, 1938. California, 1940. Four portraits, four settings, four narrators all named Christopher Isherwood. Here are the postcards home from a spiritual tourist looking for a new mode of life as well as a new place to live while Europe, and then the world, moves relentlessly toward war. Which of the guides he encounters can lead him to a better future? The businessman, the utopian, the guru, the geisha?
Published in 1962, Down There on a Visit is based on material from a proposed epic that would also have incorporated The Berlin Stories. It is now widely regarded as the most accomplished of Isherwood's novels.Review Quotes
"Stunning. I can think of no better word." --Dorothy Parker, Esquire
"This is probably Isherwood's best novel. It offers the sheer pleasure of writing completely personal and yet completely controlled, radiant with observation, never wasting a word, funny and sympathetic." --Stephen Spender, The New Republic "This excellent novel . . . may be the best Christopher Isherwood has written . . . A deeply intelligent and quietly compelling story." --Gerald Sykes, The New York Times "This is the best of Mr. Isherwood's novels." --Cyril Connolly, The Times (London)About the Author
Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was born outside Manchester, England. He lived in Berlin from 1929 to 1933 and emigrated from Europe to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books.Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .87 Inches (D)
Weight: .62 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: FSG Classics
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Format: Paperback
Author: Christopher Isherwood
Language: English
Street Date: June 11, 2013
TCIN: 90820351
UPC: 9780374533809
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-5664
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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