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When first published in 1953, The World in the Evening was notable for its clear-eyed depiction of European and American mores, sexuality, and religion. Today, readers herald Isherwood’s frank portrayal of bisexuality and his early appreciation of low and high camp.
Christohper Isherwood • The world in the evening : Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
the overpowering sloth of sadness
Christopher Isherwood • A Single Man: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
He tells us stories. He is sympathetic, charming. But his gestures, offering me a glass of wine or a cigarette, are clothed in arrogance, in the arrogant humility of the East.
Christopher Isherwood • Goodbye To Berlin
He heard later indirectly that the tutor had grown a moustache and gone out to Australia.
Christopher Isherwood • Goodbye To Berlin
You could spend hours of your life here, in a state of suspended insecurity,
Christopher Isherwood • A Single Man: A Novel (Picador Modern Classics)
‘Concentration camps,’ said the fat man, lighting a cigar. ‘They get them in there, make them sign things . . . Then their hearts fail.’
Christopher Isherwood • Goodbye To Berlin
Like most barmen, Bobby is a great expert on sexual questions.