![]() ![]() George now lives alone in a cottage above the beach. But Jim was lucky at the end - the only time when luck really counts. Jim used to moan and complain and raise hell over a head cold, a cut finger, a pile. Meanwhile, George’s thoughts are with his partner, Jim. George worries that his body has taken control: driving him to work at San Tomas State College, greeting the staff, teaching his English class with practiced, mechanical precision. This sense of disassociation pervades A Single Man. Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man (Simon & Schuster 1964) ![]() It is even glad that it has its place among them. Obediently, it washes, shaves, brushes its hair, for it accepts its responsibilities to the others. MorningĪ Single Man begins, as most days do, with the struggle to wake. It’s a gorgeous evocation of loss and love as it plays out over the course of a single day. That separation inspired Isherwood’s novel, A Single Man. Isherwood moved out of their Santa Monica home. Isherwood encouraged him to have affairs yet suffered greatly. Bachardy was 30 years younger than Isherwood and still eager to sow his wild oats. Isherwood came to Lotusland from England where he was already an established author. Bachardy was an aspiring artist and native Angeleno. ![]() ![]() Inset: David Hockney, Portrait Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy from the Metropolitan Museum of ArtĬhristopher Isherwood met Don Bachardy in 1953. ![]()
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