Christopher Isherwood Livres

Adieu à Berlin (Goodbye to Berlin) est le chef-d'oeuvre de Christopher Isherwood. Dans ce roman, le narrateur, un jeune Anglais, loue une chambre chez l'affectueuse, envahissante et pittoresque fraulein Schroeder. Il y fait la connaissance de Sally Bowles, jeune chanteuse de cabarets aux ongles peints en vert, qui s'imagine qu'elle deviendra une star. Ils seront amis avec une riche héritière juive, une famille d'ouvriers et le couple de garçons Peter et Otto. S'ensuit la chronique joyeuse et scandaleuse du Berlin de la République de Weimar, peu à peu menacée par le parti nazi dont l'insolence et la brutalité augmentent de jour en jour. Adieu Berlin a inspiré le célèbre film cabaret de Bob Fosse avec Lisa Minnelli en 1972. Traduit de l'Anglais par Ludmila Savitzky. Publication concomitante dans les Cahiers rouges de M. Norris change de train, du même auteur.

Isherwood's lectures on writing and writers, now all available for the first time In the 1960s, Christopher Isherwood gave an unprecedented series of lectures at California universities about his life and work. During this time Isherwood, who would liberate the memoir and become the founding father of modern gay writing, spoke openly for the first time about his craft--on writing for film, theater, and novels--and spirituality. Isherwood on Writing brings these free-flowing, wide-ranging public addresses together to reveal a distinctly American Isherwood at the top of his form. This updated edition contains the long-lost conclusion to the second lecture, published here for the first time, including its discussion of A Single Man, his greatest novel, and A Meeting by the River, his final novel.

In the final volume of Christopher Isherwood's diaries, he reflects on aging with humor and curiosity. He explores Hinduism, writes his last works, and engages with the vibrant art scenes of the 1970s alongside his partner, Don Bachardy. The narrative captures a rich tapestry of cultural encounters amid significant historical events.

Isherwood anthology that include two complete novels, PRATER VIOLET and A SINGLE MAN, and excerpts from several other works including THE BERLIN STORIES, which was the inspiration for the popular musical and film CABARET.

This second volume of Christopher Isherwood's remarkable diaries opens on his fifty-sixth birthday as the fifties give way to the decade of social and sexual revolution. číst celé

In spare, luminous prose these diaries describe Isherwood's 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.

At times pious, at times profane but always unashamedly honest, "The Diaries of Christopher Isherwood" provide an inside look at the life and times of one of the most celebrated writers of the century. Chronicling Isherwood's life from 1939, when he emigrated to the United States, until 1960, these entries cover some of the most turbulent years of his career and give readers unprecedented insight into the major turning points in his life. Here, Isherwood relates the spiritual crisis he went through as World War II began, his discipleship (along with Aldous Huxley and Gerald Heard) with the Hindu monk Swami Prabhavananda and his decision to become a pacifist. Here also are his accounts of his intense social life in Hollywood, his career as a screenwriter and his many sexual affairs. Readers will be particularly fascinated by his revealing anecdotes and gossip about the literary greats (such as W. H. Auden, Thomas Mann, E. M. Forster, and Tennessee Williams) and movie stars (such as Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Laurence Olivier) of the time.

The best prose writer in English' Gore Vidal Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim.

Exploring the complex intersections of war, religion, and sexuality, this introspective work delves into the human experience and the struggles that arise from these themes. Through poignant reflections and character-driven narratives, it examines how these elements shape identity and influence personal relationships. The book invites readers to confront difficult questions and consider the broader implications of conflict and belief on individual lives and society as a whole.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP HENSHERBerlin, the Greek Islands, London and California. Often regarded as the best of his novels, Down There on a Visit tells the vivid stories of Isherwood's life that, together with The Berlin Novels, were to have comprised his great unfinished epic novel.