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1	Single Man more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist In this brilliantly perceptive novel, a middle aged professor living in California is alienated from his students by differences in age and nationality, and from the rest of society by his homosexuality. Isherwood explores the depths of the human soul and its ability to triumph over loneliness, alienation and loss. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.74! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Berlin Stories more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist The two novels in this volume, THE LAST OF MR. NORRIS and GOODBYE TO BERLIN, were first published in 1935 and 1938, and represent Isherwood's best-known, most widely praised works of fiction. They depict such characters as Mr. Norris, the improbable old debauchee mysteriously caught in the struggle between the Nazis and the Communists; plump Fr ... see all copies from $5.69! new only from $9.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Christopher & His Kind more books like this by Isherwood add to wishlist Written some 40 years after the riotous and tragic decade that Isherwood spent in pre-war Berlin, this book brings to life the brilliant literary circles in which he moved. Its chief characters are Christopher's "kind", those he regarded as his natural allies and friends. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris/Goodbye to Berlin more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist The two novels in this volume, THE LAST OF MR. NORRIS and GOODBYE TO BERLIN, were first published in 1935 and 1938, and represent Isherwood's best-known, most widely praised works of fiction. They depict such characters as Mr. Norris, the improbable old debauchee mysteriously caught in the struggle between the Nazis and the Communists; plump Fr ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	My Guru and His Disciple more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist In the course of Isherwood's spiritual discipleship to the Swami Prabhavananda in California in the 1940s he pursued a dramatic devotion to both spirituality and sensuality. Sexual sprees and all-night parties one moment, celibacy and fasting the next. His account emerges as a profoundly modern struggle with the nature and role of spirituality ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Bhagavad-Gita:: The Song of God more books like this by Anonymous, Swami Prabhavananda (Translator), Christopher Isherwood (Translator) add to wishlist This translation by Prabhavananda is credited with introducing Hinduism to the West. He neatly edited out some of the redundant or extraneous materials in order to communicate a concise understanding of the text. The BHAGAVAD-GITA describes the basics of the Hindu religious philosophy through the story of Arjuna, who is about to wage war against ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $3.14! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Goodbye to Berlin more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist First published in 1939, this novel obliquely evokes the gathering storm of Berlin before and during the rise to power of the Nazis. Events are seen through the eyes of a series of individuals, whose lives are all about to be ruined. see all copies from $2.67! new only from $12.28! \| first editions
8	Diaries: Volume 1, 1939-1960 more books like this by Christopher Isherwood, Katherine Bucknell (Introduction by) add to wishlist These diaries begin when English author Isherwood moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to work as a screenwriter and, in bulk, focus on the years he spent there during WWII. Included are his friendships with the likes of Aldous Huxley, Charlie Chaplin, and Greta Garbo, and his spiritual discipleship to the Swami Prabhavananda. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $24.90! \| first editions
9	Prater Violet more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist Set in London in the mid-1930s, a novel which explores the relationship between a Viennese film director and the person hired to write the script. Set against the background of the plight of Austria and the rise of fascism. From the author of MR NORRIS CHANGES TRAINS and GOODBYE TO BERLIN. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Christopher and His Kind, 1929-1939 more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Memorial: Portrait of a Family more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist In 1920s England, a student at Cambridge, Eric Vernon, must come to grips with his homosexuality in the face of his dead father's aggressively masculine and heroic life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Lost years : a memoir, 1945-1951 more books like this by Christopher Isherwood, Katherine Bucknell add to wishlist Christopher Isherwood settled in California in 1939 and spent the war years working in Hollywood studios and teaching English to European refugees. When the war ended he careered into a life of frantic socialising, increasing dissipation, anxiety and despair. For nearly half a decade he all but ceased to write fiction and he abandoned his lifelong ... see all copies from $4.55! new only from $4.58! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist In 1938 the legendary Hogarth Press published the first of Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical writings, Lions and Shadows. The book evokes the atmosphere of Cambridge as Isherwood knew it and describes his life as a tutor, a medical student, and a struggling writer. Above all, Lions and Shadows is a captivating account of a young novelist's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Down There on a Visit more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist Interweaving semi-autobiography with fiction, and taking the reader through relationships with four very different men - from 1930s Germany and pre-war Greece to decadent Hollywood - this novel paints a sensitive portrait of a generation and culture overshadowed by war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Where Joy Resides: A Christopher Isherwood Reader more books like this by Christopher Isherwood, James P White (Editor), Don Bachardy (Editor) add to wishlist Selections from eight of Isherwood's books spanning a period of 42 years from 1938-1980. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Condor and the Cows: A South American Travel Diary more books like this by Christopher Isherwood, William Caskey (Photographer), Jeffrey Meyers (Foreword by) add to wishlist One of the few classic works of South American travel, now available in paperback with a new foreword by Jeffrey Meyers and additional photographs by Isherwood's lover, Bill Caskey. Isherwood frankly depicts the squalor and discomforts of his journey--as he wrote he was very skeptical about the book but later came to regard it as one of his best. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $33.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Shankaras Crest Jewel Of... more books like this by Swami Shankara, Christopher Isherwood (Translator), Swami Prabhavananda (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.75! new only from $5.95! \| first editions
18 view cover	Meeting by the River more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist Oliver is about to undergo the final ceremony to become a Hindu monk; his brother Patrick has doubts about Oliver's choice, and is trying to juggle his own much more complicated life, which includes a high-powered job, a wife in London, and a male lover in California. After many years, the two brothers finally meet face to face, in India. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	World in the Evening more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist Isherwood's first novel takes place during World War II and tells the story of Stephen Monk, an Englishman living (as Isherwood did) in California who is transplanted to a small Pennsylvania town after his wife leaves him. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Bhagaved Gita: The Song of God by Swami Prabhavananda (Translator), Aldous Huxley (Designed by), Christopher Isherwood (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95!
21 view cover	Mr Norris Changes Trains more books like this by Isherwood add to wishlist This work portrays a series of encounters in Berlin in the early 1930s between the narrator, William Bradshaw, and the camp and mildly sinister Mr Norris. It evokes the atmosphere in Berlin up to and after the accession of the Nazis to power. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.96! \| first editions
22 view cover	Kathleen and Frank more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist Primarily the story of Christopher Isherwood's parents, this is a description of the traditional English family background from which Isherwood, a pacifist and homosexual, felt impelled to escape. The couple first met in 1895 and married in 1903, on Frank's return from the Boer War. Christopher was born in the following year. Frank, a regular ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	All the conspirators more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist Isherwood's first novel features a theme which was to reoccur frequently in his later work - the destruction of a son by an evil parent. Set in the well-to-do London of the 1920s, Philip and Joan fight to throw off the oppressive power of their mother, using whatever means necessary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Jacob's hands more books like this by Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist A jointly-authored film treatment, found in one of Huxley's old trunks. The story is set in the 1920s and involves a ranch worker who has the power to heal with his hands. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Ramakrishna and His Disciples more books like this by Christopher Isherwood add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! new only from $13.15! \| signed copies \| first editions

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