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A Single Man

Christopher Isherwood

Start date: November 5, 2015

Finish date: December 31, 2015

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Aug 18, 2013 Thomas rated it liked it

Shelves: lgbtq, read-on-kindle, own-electronic

Not sure what I missed with this one. A Single Man details a day in the life of George, a gay man living in the suburbs of Southern California, as he adjusts to the death of his partner Jim. While Isherwood incorporates phrases of beauty every now and then and through George ruminates on deep topics, the story as a whole failed to move me. Will probably reread at a later at a later date and/or watch the movie.

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Mar 07, 2010 Joanna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1960s-1970s, queer, anglophilia, californyah, favorites, posh-fiction

I was getting worried. Recently it seems I hate pretty much every book I read and the best praise I could give any was, "It was pretty good."

I love this book. Oh, that feels great to be able to say.

Uh. So I was staying at this Hindu temple where my aunt is a nun that Christopher Isherwood went to a lot. I got some literature about the religion Vedanta and Swami Prabhavananda, and the only thing that I actually took the time to read (because I am lazy and was then only mildly curious) was a qu ...more

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