{"product_id":"a-single-man-9780374533878","title":"A Single Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Christopher Isherwood's \u003ci\u003eA Single Man \u003c\/i\u003efirst appeared, it shocked many with its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in maturity. Isherwood's favorite of his own novels, it now stands as a classic lyric meditation on life as an outsider. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern California. George is a gay middle-aged English professor, adjusting to solitude after the tragic death of his young partner. He is determined to persist in the routines of his former life. \u003ci\u003eA Single Man \u003c\/i\u003efollows him over the course of an ordinary twenty-four hours. Behind his British reserve, tides of grief, rage, and loneliness surge--but what is revealed is a man who loves being alive despite all the everyday injustices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612917436690,"sku":"9780374533878","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b60c381-6fb3-482d-a8a5-bb55974ec3be.jpg?v=1737287799","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-single-man-9780374533878","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}