A stunning gift edition of the classic dystopian masterpiece, Brave New World; part of the Vintage Dystopia hardback gift edition set, also featuring The Handmaid's Tale and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Aldous Huxley came to literary fame in 1921 with his first novel, Crome Yellow. With the novels Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves and Point Counter Point, Huxley quickly established a reputation for bright, brilliant satires that ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. In later life, exploration of the inner life through mysticism and hallucinogenic drugs dominated Huxley's writing, including his first-person account of experiencing mescaline in The Doors of Perception. Aldous Huxley died in 1963.
The most prophetic book of the 20th century... If you have time for
just one book, this would be my top choice.
*Yuval Noah Harari*
It is impossible to read Brave New World without being impressed by
Huxley's eerie glimpses into the present
*New Statesman*
The 20th century could be seen as a race between two versions of
man-made hell - the jackbooted state totalitarianism of Orwell's
Nineteen Eight-Four, and the hedonistic ersatz paradise of Brave
New World, where absolutely everything is a consumer good and human
beings are engineered to be happy
*Margaret Atwood*
Aldous Huxley was uncannily prophetic, a more astute guide to the
future than any other 20th century novelist ... Nineteen
Eighty-Four has never really arrived, but Brave New World is around
us everywhere
*J G Ballard*
A brilliant tour de force, Brave New World may be read as a grave
warning of the pitfalls that await uncontrolled scientific advance.
Full of barbed wit and malice-spiked frankness. Provoking,
stimulating, shocking and dazzling
*Observer*
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