Where Joy Resides A Christopher Isherwood Reader Christopher Isherwood Introduction by Gore Vidal Edited by Don Bachardy and James P. White Table of Contents Isherwood poster		$18.95 paper ISBN: 0-8166-4082-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4082-9
A selection of Isherwood’s finest writing. Best known for The Berlin Stories—the inspiration for the Tony and Academy Award–winning musical Cabaret—Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) was a major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement. This collection presents two complete novels, Prater Violet (1945) and A Single Man (1964); episodes from three other novels, Goodbye to Berlin (1939), Down There on a Visit (1962), and Lions and Shadows (1938); and excerpts from his nonfiction works, Exhumations (1966), Kathleen and Frank (1971), and My Guru and His Disciple (1980). “The late Christopher Isherwood was a writer with exceptional powers of observation. An excellent anthology.” —Los Angeles Times “Excellent.” —BookForum Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) is also the author of The Condor and the Cows, Down There on a Visit, Kathleen and Christopher, Lions and Shadows, A Meeting by the River, The Memorial, My Guru and His Disciple, Prater Violet, A Single Man, and The World in the Evening.. Don Bachardy, Isherwood’s longtime partner, is a painter and writer living in Santa Monica, California. His books include Last Drawings of Christopher Isherwood (1991) and Stars in My Eyes (2000). James P. White is a novelist who directs the creative writing program at the University of South Alabama. 432 pages | 5 7/8 x 9 | 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Gore Vidal Goodbye to Berlin A Berlin Diary (Autumn 1930) Sally Bowles Prater Violet Exhumations H.G. Wells R.L.S. Katherine Mansfield Vivekanada and Sarah Bernhardt Hypothesis and Belief Klaus Mann Down There on a Visit Mr. Lancaster Kathleen and Frank Lions and Shadows My Guru and His Disciple A Single Man