Christopher Isherwood: A single man (2001, University of Minnesota Press)
Classic fiction. 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. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation.
lingua English
Pubblicato il 12 Novembre 2001 da University of Minnesota Press.
Prosa dannatamente varia, allo stesso tempo sofisticata e leggibile. Ambientazione contemporanea per l'autore e d'epoca per i lettori di oggi. Vicenda originale e costruita in modo molto fine. E per la prima volta in vita mia mi sono rivisto tantissimo in un personaggio di fiction. Un capolavoro.
