I'm one of those people that would have never read "A Single Man" if it weren't for Tom Ford and Colin Firth. To be truly honest, I think I'd rather watch the film again than reread the book (despite some changes in the film version), and that's mostly for the incredible cinematography, the stunning...
Although the book jacket claims it, I did not find this book to be constantly funny. I did, however, find it to be surprisingly sad. George's partner suddenly dies and he wishes to live life through the simple, every day things. Then one of his students surprises him. The end is awful. I did not ful...
I saw the movie and enjoyed it, but there was something about it that left me wanting more. Or maybe less. At any rate, I wanted to read the book. I have to say that I ended up liking both, for different reasons. In both the book and the movie, we follow George through a single day. An aging, Britis...
I recognise I may have a bias, but I now rank Isherwood among great authors I have read. He has a command of the language that the average author does not have.Did I want it to end the way it did? Of course not. Did I still love this book? Quite. I underlined several passages that I thought wer...
I paused for a moment over my silly little categories. This is fiction about a gay man, by a gay man, but it doesn't really belong in my "homoerotic fiction" ghetto. It's about grief, and loss, and everyday life, and dealing with other people's blindness - it's about the loneliness of never (or no l...
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