Event Listing - Literary Arts, Books, Gay
Tue Oct 7, 2008 - Wed Oct 8, 2008

Armistead Maupin Reads Isherwood's The Berlin Stories


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Location
Date and Time
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94110
district: Mission

Tue Oct 7, 2008 (7:30-8:30pm)
The Booksmith
1644 Haight St
San Francisco, CA 94117
district: San Francisco

Wed Oct 8, 2008 (7:30-8:30pm)

Description
October 7th at Modern Times Bookstore

Acclaimed novelist Armistead Maupin discusses The Berlin Stories, the 20th-century fiction classic written by Christopher Isherwood—the first major openly gay writer, that inspired the Broadway musical and Oscar-winning film Cabaret.

October 8th at The Booksmith

As one of the most widely read books of its time, Christopher Isherwood’s The Berlin Stories inspired a Broadway musical and an Oscar-winning film, Cabaret. Now, a new edition of this classic of 20th-century fiction has been issued featuring an introduction by Armistead Maupin, the much loved San Francisco writer who not only knew Isherwood but drew inspiration for his acclaimed Tales of the City series from The Berlin Stories. Don’t miss this special evening.

The Booksmith is pleased to present this event as part of the Litquake festival.

Armistead Maupin first met Christopher Isherwood in 1978. His 1985 interview with Isherwood, published in the Village Voice, was the last before the author's death. Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volume Tales of the City series, Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener and, most recently, Michael Tolliver Lives. Three miniseries were made from the first three novels in the Tales series, and The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams.