Kathleen and Frank - Hardcover

Isherwood, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0416240100 ISBN 13: 9780416240108

Publisher: Methuen young books, 1971

Synopsis

Fair, 1st Edition, Methuen 1971. Royal 8vo. Several illustrations Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind. In bright gilt lettered and ruled purple cloth boards together with original unclipped laminated purple dustwrapper, torn with one closed tear (3.5cm) to head of upper wrapper. The author of Goodbye to Berlin here writes about his parents, Kathleen and Frank, with the tone of a detached historian, although according to the blurb, the volume in hand, 'reveals more about him than any of his seemingly autobiographical novels.'

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"Shows a deeper understanding of much that he had once rebelled against." --"The Guardian
""A moving account of his parents' marriage based on their letters and diaries." --"The Independent
""A social history of the first half of the twentieth century and a study of artistic megalomania . . . Christopher writes about Christopher with fine, clear, cool precision." --"The Spectator"

Shows a deeper understanding of much that he had once rebelled against. "The Guardian"

A moving account of his parents' marriage based on their letters and diaries. "The Independent"

A social history of the first half of the twentieth century and a study of artistic megalomania . . . Christopher writes about Christopher with fine, clear, cool precision. "The Spectator""

Show[s] a deeper understanding of much that [Isherwood] had once rebelled against. W. J. Weatherby, The Guardian

A moving account of [Isherwood s] parents marriage based on their letters and diaries. Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday

[A] social history of the first half of the [twentieth] century . . . Christopher writes about Christopher with fine, clear, cool precision. Patrick Skene Catling, The Spectator"

Show[s] a deeper understanding of much that [Isherwood] had once rebelled against. W. J. Weatherby, The Guardian

A moving account of [Isherwood s] parents marriage based on their letters and diaries. Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday

[A] social history of the first half of the [twentieth] century . . . Christopher writes about Christopher with fine, clear, cool precision. Patrick Skene Catling, The Spectator

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"Show[s] a deeper understanding of much that [Isherwood] had once rebelled against." --W. J. Weatherby, The Guardian

"A moving account of [Isherwood's] parents' marriage based on their letters and diaries." --Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday

"[A] social history of the first half of the [twentieth] century . . . Christopher writes about Christopher with fine, clear, cool precision." --Patrick Skene Catling, The Spectator

About the Author

Christopher Isherwood (1902-1986) lived in Berlin from 1928 to 1933 and immigrated to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen young books
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0416240100
• ISBN 13: 9780416240108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300