Comments on: Review: A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood

By: Vishy

Vishy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:14 +0000

Sorry to know that you didn’t like ‘A Single Man’ as much as you had hoped to. I loved this book when I read it – I loved Isherwood’s prose. I also loved the movie version. Isherwood is definitely a wonderful name. I liked what you said about seeing things in process. Glad to know that you liked that teaching scene.

By: Bybee

Bybee — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:12:39 +0000

I read The Berlin Stories a loooong time ago, but remembered being irritated because he felt compelled to write heavy German dialect which rendered his own name as “Issyvoo”. After seeing Issyvoo several times on a page for an interminable amount of pages, my mind just rebelled.

By: Memory

Memory — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:31:59 +0000

I’m also very much a fan of things in process. If it’s about How Stuff Works–like, social stuff, more than scientific stuff–I’m there. Thus far, all my favourite Diana Wynne Jones bits have focused on How Stuff Works; specifically, How Magic Works, and How People Work With Magic.

Which is a bit different than teaching an English class, but y’know. Same basic idea.

Sidebar: I really enjoyed the film version of this book, even though slice-of-life isn’t always my thiing, either.

By: bookssnob

bookssnob — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:25:27 +0000

I kept meaning to read this but then never did. Now I feel I don’t need to, and that your review would be way funnier and more entertaining than the book itself. You are such a silly thing! I would love it if you were called Jenny Isherwood. I would like to be Rachel Isherwood. Maybe we should marry two Isherwood brothers and be Isherwood sisters. Then you could live in London and we’d both live happily ever after. Deal?

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:00:40 +0000

Someone who likes to read about a person teaching an English class…that gives me ideas.

By: litlove

litlove — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:46:37 +0000

I have been meaning to read Christopher Isherwood for ten thousand years too! I have several of his (there was a cheap offer somewhere, and I am such a sucker for those), and was thinking of beginning with the Berlin one. I don’t object on principle to fussy writing – it all depends on the kind of fussy. Well, I will give him a go one day.

By: Care

Care — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:01:11 +0000

Oh, is it OK if I link my post on it? I liked the book and I link even more reviews : http://bkclubcare.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/a-single-man/

Do know that I was probably the only one in my book club who thought it better than ‘just OK’ – I think they were being nice. However, they also liked that it was so different than what we usually read so overall, I was not disappointed in our discussion.

🙂

By: Care

Care — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:57:00 +0000

Maybe I should make a challenge out of pushing all the people I sent books to to actually read them. (no! I’m kidding! I, too, have books from years ago that people have sent me. No biggie. 🙂 In fact, I had totally forgotten that I sent this to you. Well, at least it wasn’t a lot of pages.)
Remind me – was this set in one day? I need to tag it as so; I like books that cover only one day.

By: Care

Care — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:54:11 +0000

In reply to zibilee. Yes to the movie. It has Colin Firth in it. :D

By: Kailana

Kailana — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:57:56 +0000

I am terrible about reading books in a timely fashion after people are kind enough to send them to me, too. It’s terrible! I have a book from Care myself that I need to get around to…