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All the Conspirators

Christopher Isherwood

2.8/5 ( ratings)

Christopher Isherwood was only twenty-one when he began his first novel, All the Conspirators, in 1926; it was published in England two years later.
In his introduction to the first American edition , the author explained: "[All the Conspirators] records a minor engagement in what Shelley calls 'the great war between the old and young."
In many ways this novel is a "period piece" growing out of a particular historical situation - clashes between parents and children are still just as deadly but they are no longer invariably polite and restrained, and there are no longer "atrocities witnessed at tea in the drawing-room."
But Isherwood's singular perceptions of the older generation holding on and the younger trying to wrench free are as valid today as they were half a century ago.

Language: English

Pages: 201

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: May 31, 2012

ISBN: 0099561069

ISBN 13: 9780099561064

All the Conspirators

Christopher Isherwood

2.8/5 ( ratings)

Christopher Isherwood was only twenty-one when he began his first novel, All the Conspirators, in 1926; it was published in England two years later.
In his introduction to the first American edition , the author explained: "[All the Conspirators] records a minor engagement in what Shelley calls 'the great war between the old and young."
In many ways this novel is a "period piece" growing out of a particular historical situation - clashes between parents and children are still just as deadly but they are no longer invariably polite and restrained, and there are no longer "atrocities witnessed at tea in the drawing-room."
But Isherwood's singular perceptions of the older generation holding on and the younger trying to wrench free are as valid today as they were half a century ago.

Language: English

Pages: 201

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: May 31, 2012

ISBN: 0099561069

ISBN 13: 9780099561064

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