Christopher Isherwood Diaries Volume 1 by Christopher Isherwood (English) Paperb

Description: Christopher Isherwood Diaries Volume 1 by Christopher Isherwood In 1939, Christopher Isherwood and W H Auden emigrated together to the United States. This title describes Isherwoods search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as Garbo, Chaplin, Thomas Mann, and more. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first volume of Christopher Isherwoods intimate and insightful diaries.In 1939 Christopher Isherwood and W. H. Auden emigrated together to the United States. In spare, luminous prose these diaries describe Isherwoods search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as Garbo, Chaplin, Thomas Mann, Charles Laughton, Gielgud, Olivier, Richard Burton and Aldous Huxley.Throughout this period, Isherwood continued to write novels and sustain his literary friendships - with E. M. Forster, Somerset Maugham, Tennessee Williams and others. He turned to his diaries several times a week to record jokes and gossip, observations about his adopted country, philosophy and mystical insights. His devotion to his diary was a way of accounting for himself; he used it as both a discipline and a release. Notes The 1st volume of Isherwoods intimate and insightful diaries, which covers his time living in America with W.H. Auden, during WWII. A major literary event... Guardian Back Cover In 1939 Christopher Isherwood and W. H. Auden emigrated together to the United States. In spare, luminous prose these diaries describe Isherwoods search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as Garbo, Chaplin, Thomas Mann, Charles Laughton, Gielgud, Olivier, Richard Burton and Aldous Huxley. Throughout this period, Isherwood continued to write novels and sustain his literary friendships - with E. M. Forster, Somerset Maugham, Tennessee Williams and others. He turned to his diaries several times a week to record jokes and gossip, observations about his adopted country, philosophy and mystical insights. His devotion to his diary was a way of accounting for himself; he used it as both a discipline and a release. A major literary event...an essential part of his oeuvre Guardian There is not a page that does not contain a good joke, original insight, deadly accurate description or delicious nugget of gossip... A major literary work, the diaries round off the writer both as man and artist. They are intimate and intensely personal Independent on Sunday There is plenty to enjoy in this first volume...Isherwoods is an exemplary twentieth-century life: assured and neurotic, fearless and fretful, generous and small-minded, forgiving and remorsefully judgemental Financial Times A pleasure to read... No word is wasted, and the casual-looking sentences create the impression that we are overhearing what is being said Scotsman Author Biography Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. He left Cambridge without graduating, briefly studied medicine and then turned to writing his first novels, All the Conspirators and The Memorial. He spent four years in Berlin writing Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin on which the musical Cabaret was based, and then in 1939 moved to America. He became a US citizen in 1946, where he wrote another five novels including A Single Man, a travel book and a biography of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. In the 1960s and 70s he turned to autobiographical works- Kathleen and Frank, Christopher and His Kind and October, one month of his diary with drawings by Don Bachardy. Review A major literary event...an essential part of his oeuvre * Guardian *There is not a page that does not contain a good joke, original insight, deadly accurate description or delicious nugget of gossip... A major literary work, the diaries round off the writer both as man and artist. They are intimate and intensely personal * Independent on Sunday *There is plenty to enjoy in this first volume...Isherwoods is an exemplary twentieth-century life: assured and neurotic, fearless and fretful, generous and small-minded, forgiving and remorsefully judgemental * Financial Times *A pleasure to read... No word is wasted, and the casual-looking sentences create the impression that we are overhearing what is being said * Scotsman *Enthralling...Isherwood...struggles with his demons in spare, luminous and merciless prose -- Benjamin Evans * Sunday Telegraph * Promotional The first volume of Christopher Isherwoods intimate and insightful diaries Review Text A major literary event...an essential part of his oeuvre Review Quote A major literary event...an essential part of his oeuvre Promotional "Headline" The first volume of Christopher Isherwoods intimate and insightful diaries. Details ISBN0099555824 Author Christopher Isherwood Year 2011 ISBN-10 0099555824 ISBN-13 9780099555827 Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1904 Death 1986 DEWEY 823.912 Media Book Pages 1104 Short Title CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD Language English Residence US Format Paperback Publisher Vintage Publishing Publication Date 2011-01-06 UK Release Date 2011-01-06 AU Release Date 2011-01-06 NZ Release Date 2011-01-06 Alternative 9781448162475 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:36257922;

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