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Christopher Isherwood inside out / Katherine Bucknell.
Van Pelt Library PR6017.S5 Z6286 2024
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection PR6017.S5 Z6286 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bucknell, Katherine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
- Isherwood, Christopher.
- Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Gay authors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Gay authors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Gay men
- LGBTQ+ biographies
- Gay authors
- Physical Description:
- x, 852 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- Inside out
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
- Summary:
- "A stunningly intimate portrait of the writer and gay cultural icon and of his lifelong search for authenticity"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Son of the British army, heir to the estate (1904-1915)
- Sacred orphan (1915-1923)
- Failed history scholar, published novelist (1923-1929)
- Berlin, sex, politics, and fame (1929-1939)
- Hollywood screenwriter and Hindu monk (1939-1945)
- American apostate (1945-1953)
- The ideal companion : Don Bachardy (1953-1961)
- Existential Isherwood : the outsider (1961-1964)
- The animals' golden age (1964-1986).
- Son of the British army, heir to the estate (1904-1929)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 735-812) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Sargent fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780374119362
- 0374119368
- OCLC:
- 1424749235
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