{"product_id":"christopher-and-his-kind-a-memoir-1929-1939-paperback","title":"Christopher and His Kind: A Memoir, 1929-1939 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Isherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn indispensable memoir by one of the most prominent writers of his generation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1976, \u003ci\u003eChristopher and His Kind\u003c\/i\u003e covers the most memorable ten years in the writer's life--from 1928, when Christopher Isherwood left England to spend a week in Berlin and decided to stay there indefinitely, to 1939, when he arrived in America. His friends and colleagues during this time included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and E. M. Forster, as well as colorful figures he met in Germany and later fictionalized in his two Berlin novels--and who appeared again, fictionalized to an even greater degree, in\u003ci\u003e I Am a Camera\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCabaret\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat most impressed the first readers of this memoir, however, was the candor with which he describes his life in gay Berlin of the 1930s and his struggles to save his companion, a German man named Heinz, from the Nazis. An engrossing and dramatic story and a fascinating glimpse into a little-known world, \u003ci\u003eChristopher and His Kind\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of Isherwood's greatest achievements.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Isherwood\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-1986) was born in Manchester, England, and lived in Berlin from 1929 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. FSG Classics presents some of his finest work, including the novels \u003ci\u003ePrater Violet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Single Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Meeting by the River\u003c\/i\u003e; the semi-autobiographical \u003ci\u003eLions and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e; and the memoir \u003ci\u003eChristopher and His Kind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444371878195,"sku":"9780374535223","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SXR4RnNDQSs0L1B3a1NvaXhDVS9Edz09.webp?v=1758938259","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/christopher-and-his-kind-a-memoir-1929-1939-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}