Lost Years 1945-1951 by Isherwood, Christopher

Hardback. Good.

Chatto & Windus, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st printing.

Chatto & Windus, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine. Photos. Lovely copy in like jacket under fresh mylar.

London : Chatto & Windus, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; xxxvii, 388 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Isherwood, Christopher 1904-1986 ; Diaries. Isherwood, Christopher 1904-1986; works. Authors, English 20th century ; Diaries. British United States ; Diaries. Novelists, English 20th century ; Biography.

Random House, 2000. As New. Dust jacket: As New.. 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 habit of keeping a diary.This is Isherwood's account, reconstructed nearly thirty years later, of his day-to-day experiences in London, New York and Santa Monica. Begun in 1971, in a post-sixties atmosphere of liberation, Lost Years includes explicit details of his romantic and sexual relationships during the 1940s and unveils a hidden and sometimes shocking way of life, shared with friends, acquaintances and colleagues - many of whom were themselves well-known writers, artists, actors and filmmakers.Isherwood never prepared Lost Years for publication because he rapidly became caught up in writing the… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.