I am just FLYING through books this year! I can't believe I've already finished my fourth book of the year. Granted, 3 of the 4 were pretty short so I have to take that into account, and should probably start reading some longer titles. Anyhow... A Single Man was a stunning novel. Absolutely beaut...
Waking up begins with saying am and now. That which has awoken then lies for a while staring up at the ceiling and down into itself until it has recognised I, and therefrom deduced I am, I am now. Here comes next, and is at least negatively reassuring; because here, this morning, is where it had ex...
Synopsis: Welcome 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. A Single Man follows him over the course of an ordinary twe...
I can't quite decide what to think or say about this book. The beginning is beautiful and goes almost beat for beat with the film adaptation I watched a few years ago. Except the part where George is Colin Firth, or the other way around. Then, as the day progresses 1960s rears its head and white m...
Good things come in small well written packages. Christopher Isherwood has puts you the reader inside the skin of the protagonist, George, experiencing a day that is both mundane and extraordinary. The loneliness and isolation of a grieving (for all intents and purposes) widower is certainly a ...
La película me pareció una sucesión de imágenes bellas (los actores atractivos , la fotografía hermosa , las tomas que te sacan el aliento , etc) El libro .... No es malo , claro que no , PEEEERO , no me produjo la misma emoción que el film . Acuerdense , SIEMPRE hay que leer el libro antes de ver l...
I read the book and watched the film simultaneously for a film theory class. Every little piece of both media were taken a part and looked at. That’s not just to say I didn’t enjoy either as much as I would have had I read and watched them on my own. It was a lot of work, but well worth it for a gre...
4 stars or just under. apart from saying i was floored (why?) by the ending, i'm not sure i can say much about this other than - so poignant. beautiful little snippets of truth and such honesty written in a way like i've never seen before, which makes it worthwhile all by itself. it went too fast...
Finally I have finished. I enjoyed this a three star worth amount but I feel sorry for George so I will give this book 4 as I think on another occasion, I'd have enjoyed it a lot more. Very well written but lack of draw to pick it up.
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