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The Memorial (Vintage Classics)

The Memorial (Vintage Classics)

by Christopher Isherwood (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

The First World War is over. Eric Vernon is on the cusp of adulthood. Tall, bony and awkward he finds himself torn between a desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life of quiet sacrifice, and resentment toward his father's roguish friend Edward Blake, who survived the war only to throw himself into gay life in Berlin. With subtle wit and trademark irony, Isherwood's second novel evokes a society in flux.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 31 May 2012
ISBN 10: 0099561123
ISBN 13: 9780099561125
Book Overview: Isherwood's witty first foray into autobiographical fiction recalls the post-war dissolution of traditional English families.

Media Reviews
A genuine interpretation of the times -- Frank Kermode
Only now that Isherwood is dead can the pattern be seen clearly in a life that ranged restlessly from Oxbridge skeptic to Hindu disciple, from literary collaborator with W. H. Auden to Boswell of prewar Britain and postwar Hollywood. . . . His novels and nonfiction now all seem to be chapters of one enormous work in which he is the major character * Guardian *
Christopher Isherwood is back in vogue * Independent *
That young man holds the future of the English novel in his hands -- Somerset W. Maugham
Author Bio
Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904. He began to write at university and later moved to Berlin, where he gave English lessons to support himself. He witnessed first hand the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany and some of his best works, such as Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, draw on these experiences. He created the character of Sally Bowles, later made famous as the heroine of the musical Cabaret. Isherwood travelled with W.H Auden to China in the late 1930s before going with him to America in 1939. He died on 4 January 1986. His novel A Single Man was recently made into an award-winning film by Tom Ford, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore.