Kathleen and Frank - Hardcover
This is a biography of Kathleen and Frank Isherwood, written by their son who wrote "Goodbye to Berlin", "A Single Man" and "Christopher and His Kind". Based on their letters and Kathleen's diary it is the story of their times, and is full of public events and period atmosphere - the relief of Ladysmith, the funeral of Queen Victoria, Bleriot's flight across the English Channel, Sara Bernhardt's Hamlet, the beginning of the troubles in Ireland, hunt balls, changing fashions, servant problems, suffragettes, army life in barracks and in battle.
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Christopher Isherwood (1902–1986) lived in Berlin from 1928 to 1933 and 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.
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“Show[s] a deeper understanding of much that [Isherwood] had once rebelled against.” ―W. J. Weatherby, The Guardian
“A moving account of [Isherwood’s] parents’ marriage based on their letters and diaries.” ―Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday
“[A] social history of the first half of the [twentieth] century . . . Christopher writes about Christopher with fine, clear, cool precision.” ―Patrick Skene Catling, The Spectator
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- PublisherMethuen Publishing Ltd
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0413646106
- ISBN 13 9780413646101
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages384
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