A Single Man (novel)

A Single Man
	First edition
Author	Christopher Isherwood
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	novel
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	1964
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	186 pp
OCLC	171466

A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood.

Set in Southern California during 1962, it depicts one day in the life of George, a middle-aged Englishman who is a professor at a Los Angeles university. The university might reflect CSULA, where Christopher Isherwood taught for some time.

In 2009, fashion designer Tom Ford directed a film adaptation of the novel, with additions made to the original plot in the screenplay by David Scearce and Ford.^[1]

Characters[]

George
Jim
Mr. Strunk
Mrs. Strunk
Mr. Garfein
Mrs. Garfein
Charlotte
Kenny Potter
Lois Yamaguchi
Russ Dreyer
Alexander Mong
Tom Kugelman
Buddy Sorensen
Sister Maria
Mr. Stoessel
Mrs. Netta Torres
Dr. Gottlieb
Myron Hirsch
Wally Bryant
Estelle Oxford
Grant Lefanu
Cynthia Leach
Andy Leach
Doris
Buck
Rick
Two young men playing tennis

Plot[]

George, an English professor, is unable to cope with the despondent, bereaved nature of his existence after the sudden death of his partner, Jim. Throughout the day, he has various encounters with different people that colour his senses and illuminate the possibilities of being alive and human in the world.

Notes[]

^ Summers, Claude J. (February 1, 2010). "A Single Man: Ford's Film / Isherwood's Novel". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.

External links[]

A Single Man
Summers, Claude J. "Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986): Isherwood's Masterpiece, A Single Man". glbtq.com. p. 3. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.

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[GLBTQ_Single_Man-1] Summers, Claude J. (February 1, 2010). "A Single Man: Ford's Film / Isherwood's Novel". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.

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v t Christopher Isherwood
Prose fiction	(1928) The Memorial (1932) Mr Norris Changes Trains (1935) Goodbye to Berlin (1939) Prater Violet (1945) The Berlin Stories (1945) The World in the Evening (1954) Down There on a Visit (1962) A Single Man (1964) A Meeting by the River (1967) (1994, with Edward Upward) Jacob's Hands: A Fable (1997, with Aldous Huxley)
Plays (with W. H. Auden)	The Dog Beneath the Skin (1935) The Ascent of F6 (1937) On the Frontier (1938)
Memoirs and diaries	(1938) Christopher and His Kind (1976) (1971) October (1980, with Don Bachardy) (1989, edited by Don Bachardy and James P. White) (1996, edited by Katherine Bucknell) (2000, edited by Katherine Bucknell) (2005, edited by ) (2010, edited by Katherine Bucknell) (2012, edited by Katherine Bucknell) (2014, edited by Katherine Bucknell)
Journalism and travel writings	Journey to a War (1939, with W. H. Auden) (1949) (1966) (2007)
Screenplays	Little Friend (1934) Rage in Heaven (1941) Forever and a Day (1943) Adventure in Baltimore (1949; story) The Great Sinner (1949) Diane (1956) The Loved One (1965) The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
Adaptations	I Am a Camera (1951 play) I Am a Camera (1955 film) Cabaret (1966 musical) Cabaret (1972 film) A Single Man (2009) Christopher and His Kind (2011)
Vendanta writings	(1949, editor and contributor) (1951, pamphlet) (1963) (1965) (1969) (1980)
Translations	(1930) (with Swami Prabhavananda, 1944) (with Swami Prabhavananda, 1947) (with Swami Prabhavananda, 1953)
Other	Don Bachardy Sally Bowles Jean Ross Edward Upward W. H. Auden Stephen Spender Aldous Huxley Swami Prabhavananda James P. White Katherine Bucknell Chris & Don (2008)