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A meeting by the river / Christopher Isherwood.
- Title
- A meeting by the river / Christopher Isherwood.
- Author
- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR6017.S5 M39 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 191 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Isherwood's final work of fiction--an epistolary novel that explores sexual identity and Eastern mysticism After a long separation, two English brothers meet in India. Oliver, the idealistic younger brother, prepares to take his final vows as a Hindu monk. Patrick, a successful publisher with a wife and children in London and a male lover in California, has publicly admired his brother's convictions while privately criticizing his choices. First published in 1967, A Meeting by the River delicately depicts the complexity of sibling relationships--the resentment and competitiveness as well as the love and respect. Ultimately, the brothers' exposure to each other's differences deepens their awareness of themselves. In A Meeting by the River , Christopher Isherwood dramatizes the conflict between sexuality and spirituality that inspired his late writings.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780374533793 (paperback)
- 0374533792 (paperback)
- OCLC
- 864020957
- SCSB-12859066
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library