Christopher Isherwood

2 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel which inspired the musical Cabaret; A Single Man (1964), adapted as a film by Tom Ford in 2009; and Christopher and His Kind (1976), a memoir which "carried him into the heart of the Gay Liberation movement".

Books by Christopher Isherwood

2 books available

A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood
4.1 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
An English professor in 1960s Southern California grieves his partner's death, finding quiet strength in a single day as an outsider.
Goodbye to Berlin
Christopher Isherwood
4.0 (10k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In 1931 Berlin, a young writer observes memorable characters, from the 'divinely decadent' Sally Bowles to a doomed Jewish family, as they face a world on the edge of Nazi power.