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    Christopher and His Kind
    Christopher and His Kind
    Christopher and His Kind
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    Christopher and His Kind

    Written by Christopher Isherwood

    Narrated by James Clamp

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    Christopher and His Kind covers the most memorable ten years in the writer#8217;s life-from 1929, when Isherwood left England to spend a week in Berlin and decided to stay there indefinitely, to 1939, when he arrived in America. When the book was published in 1976, readers were deeply impressed by the courageous candor with which he describes his life in gay Berlin of the 1930s and his struggles to save his companion, Heinz, from the Nazis. An engrossing and dramatic story and a fascinating glimpse into a little-known world, Christopher and His Kind remains a classic in gay liberation literature and one of Isherwood#8217;s greatest achievements.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateJan 12, 2010
    ISBN9781615730735
    Christopher and His Kind
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    Christopher Isherwood

    Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was born outside of Manchester, England. His life in Berlin from 1929 to 1933 inspired The Berlin Stories, which were adapted into a play, a film, and the musical Cabaret. Isherwood immigrated to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books, including the novel A Single Man and his autobiography, Christopher and His Kind.

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    • 4/5
      The 70s book that allowed Isherwood to be completely open about his homosexuality. He is candid, but never graphic in this his recounting of his travels in England and Germany in the 30s. We are granted a rare glimpse into his very literary world where we meet some of his famous and infamous (Sally Bowles' character ala Cabaret).
    • 4/5
      Excellent autobiography of Isherwood, much of it written in the third person. Good history of the times (the 30's) and the gay and literary milieux. More interesting than Isherwood's fiction, by a long shot.
    • 4/5
      An excellent autobiography of the years 1929 to 1939, best read in close conjunction with his major books from this period, especially the Berlin books. Although it is written in a strange third person style, to highlight that the Christopher of the autobiography is not the same as the author of the autobiography, it is very informative and gossipy too. He also tries to be objectively critical, where he considers necessary, of his younger self. The book encourages you to go and read his other books from this period, as it sounds as if they will be as fun as this too.