{"product_id":"2026770002146-secondhand-christopher-and-his-kind-1929-1939","title":"Christopher And His Kind: 1929-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA candid and revelatory memoir, Christopher and His Kind: 1929–1939 chronicles the decade Christopher Isherwood spent living as a young expatriate writer in Weimar-era Berlin and beyond, offering a frank corrective to the fictionalized accounts he had previously published. Written with disarming honesty and a wry, self-aware tone, the narrative uncovers the vibrant, transgressive world of pre-war Berlin — its cabarets, its underground gay scene, and the looming shadow of National Socialism — through the lens of Isherwood's own desires and relationships. Where his earlier Berlin novels presented thinly veiled autobiography, this memoir strips away the fictional disguise and names names, restoring the true identities and sexual realities that had been obscured for decades. The result is both a vivid portrait of a lost era and a courageous act of personal reclamation, illustrating how politics, sexuality, and artistic ambition intertwined in one of the twentieth century's most turbulent periods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887914201307,"sku":"2026770002146-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/781f3b4c-e506-439f-814a-d866e4063932.png?v=1781748937","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770002146-secondhand-christopher-and-his-kind-1929-1939","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}