A Meeting by the River

By Christopher Isherwood

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374533792
• ISBN13: 9780374533793
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.2"

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A Thought-provoking read

Isherwood takes on the ambiguities inherent in sexuality,religious devotion, and sibling relationships in a completelynon-polemical way. Easy to read, involving, and witty, the Isherwood way. A fifth star would be deserved if the book were a little messier--it does have a slight tendency toward "patness". But that's a minor quibble. END