{"product_id":"the-memorial-christopher-isherwood-9780374533465","title":"Memorial","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the aftermath of World War I, Christopher Isherwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Memorial \u003c\/i\u003eis the witty, almost forensic portrayal of the dissolution of a tradition-bound English family. On the cusp of adulthood, the Cambridge student Eric Vernon finds himself torn between his desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life of quiet sacrifice before dying in the war, and his envy of his father's roguish friend who survived the war and afterward threw himself into gay life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1932, when Isherwood was twenty-eight years old, \u003ci\u003eThe Memorial \u003c\/i\u003eis the novel in which a dazzlingly talented young writer found his literary voice, the book in which Isherwood became Isherwood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Isherwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374533466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374533465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.49w x 0.80d","brand":"Christopher Isherwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076037210367,"sku":"9780374533465","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1df54a0c-9e6e-4831-8d9a-3fe30ae189a8.jpg?v=1685462817","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-memorial-christopher-isherwood-9780374533465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}