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A meeting by the river

Author: Christopher Isherwood
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : State or province government publication : English : 1st University of Minnesota Press edView all editions and formats
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"Two English brothers meet, after a long separation, 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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher Isherwood
ISBN: 0816633681 9780816633685
OCLC Number: 41185134
Notes: Previously published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1967.
Description: 191 p. ; 21 cm.
Responsibility: Christopher Isherwood.

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"Two English brothers meet, after a long separation, 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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