by Christopher Isherwood · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483460962
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A Single Man is a moving novel by Christopher Isherwood that explores the life of George, a gay British university professor living in Southern California during the 1960s. Following the sudden death of his partner, Jim, George faces loneliness and isolation in a society that does not understand or accept his identity. Through a day in George's life, Isherwood examines themes such as love, loss, identity, and the search for meaning in an alienating world. With elegant prose and deep sensitivity, A Single Man is a reflection on the human condition and the struggle for authenticity in a world that often demands us to conform.
Christopher Isherwood was an English and American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel which was the basis for Cabaret (1966); A Single Man (1964), adapted into a film directed by Tom Ford in 2009; and Christopher and His Kind (1976), a memoir which "carried him into the heart of the Gay Liberation movement".
