Aldous Huxley: Brave New World

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All you need to do is take your Soma pills. Discover the brave new world of Aldous Huxley's classic novel, written in 1932, which prophesied a society which expects maximum pleasure and accepts complete surveillance - no matter what the cost. 'A masterpiece of speculation...

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Aldous Huxley was born on 26 July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early 20s, but it was his first novel, Crome Yellow (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by Antic Hay (1923), Those Barren Leaves (1925) and Point Counter Point (1928) - bright, brilliant satires in which Huxley wittily but ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. For most of the 1920s Huxley lived in Italy and an account of his experiences there can be found in Along the Road (1925). The great novels of ideas, including his most famous work Brave New World (published in 1932, this warned against the dehumanising aspects of scientific and material 'progress') and the pacifist novel Eyeless in Gaza (1936) were accompanied by a series of wise and brilliant essays, collected in volume form under titles such as Music at Night (1931) and Ends and Means (1937). In 1937, at the height of his fame, Huxley left Europe to live in California, working for a time as a screenwriter in Hollywood. As the West braced itself for war, Huxley came increasingly to believe that the key to solving the world's problems lay in changing the individual through mystical enlightenment. The exploration of the inner life through mysticism and hallucinogenic drugs was to dominate his work for the rest of his life. His beliefs found expression in both fiction (Time Must Have a Stop,1944, and Island, 1962) and non-fiction (The Perennial Philosophy, 1945; Grey Eminence, 1941; and the account of his first mescaline experience, The Doors of Perception, 1954). Huxley died in California on 22 November 1963.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Importe , Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Vintage Classics
Inhalt:	XXIV 232 S.
ISBN-13:	9781784877750
ISBN-10:	1784877751
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	772306
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Huxley, Aldous
Hersteller:	Random House UK Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	220 x 139 x 29 mm
Von/Mit:	Aldous Huxley
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.02.2022
Gewicht:	0,364 kg

Artikel-ID: 120557698

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Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Importe , Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Vintage Classics
Inhalt:	XXIV 232 S.
ISBN-13:	9781784877750
ISBN-10:	1784877751
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	772306
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Huxley, Aldous
Hersteller:	Random House UK Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	220 x 139 x 29 mm
Von/Mit:	Aldous Huxley
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.02.2022
Gewicht:	0,364 kg