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"Against the backdrop of World War II, The World in the Evening charts the emotional development of Stephen Monk, an aimless Englishman living in California. After his second marriage suddenly ends, Stephen finds himself living with a relative in a small Pennsylvania Quaker town, haunted by memories of his prewar affair with a younger man during a visit to the Canary Islands.
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Contemplative, grave, earnest and prestige.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Christopher Isherwood
- First published
- 1954
- Pages
- 313
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd, Landsborough, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374533816
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