A Meeting by the River (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374533793)

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.

"The best prose writer in English." Gore Vidal

Author: Christopher Isherwood
ISBN-10: 0374533792
ISBN-13: 9780374533793
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2013
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.58w x 0.48d

About the Author

Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was born outside Manchester, England. He lived in

Berlin from 1929 to 1933 and emigrated from Europe to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books, including A Single Man and Goodbye to Berlin.