Down There on a Visit

Down There on a Visit
by Christopher Isherwood, Isherwood Christopher

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Author: Christopher Isherwood, Isherwood Christopher
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-02
ISBN: 0816633673
Number of pages: 250
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

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Book Review: Great writing, odd choices
Summary: 4 Stars

A great bit of writing- I will definitely track down some of Isherwood's other novels, especially his Berlin stories. In some ways this book resembles a fast forward version of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time (though most of Isherwood takes place outside of Britain)- he describes interesting, often eccentric characters in his life from the 1930s to 1950s and reveals their evolution, sometimes from wild to sane and a bit dull (Waldemar) to thoroughly insane and tragic (Paul). Isherwood observes the people around him and stays aloof, but often makes some incomprehensible decisions to get deeply involved with the most troubled characters- for instance I never did understand why he gave all that money to Paul, who was a sad guy, but a complete loser who was never going to give Isherwood anything more than he gave any of his other johns- yet Isherwood never seems to acknowledge his own dysfunction or what he learned about himself from the experience. This made the book a little hard to relate to at times. Anyway, read it for the great writing and character sketches, and if you like it, read Anthony Powell.

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