Island

Name: Island (eBook)
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Island

Aldous Huxley

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“Huxley’s final word about the human condition and the possibility of the good society. . . . Island is a welcome and in many ways unique addition to the select company of books—from Plato to now—that have presented, in imaginary terms, a coherent view of what society is not but might be.” — New York Times Book Review

The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.

In the novel Huxley considered his most important, he transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and—to his amazement—give him hope.

Genres

LiteraryFictionScience FictionVisionary & MetaphysicalClassicsSatireWorld War II & HolocaustHistoricalHumorousHard Science FictionDisasterPolitical

Pages384

Released2010

LanguageEnglish

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN9780061959646

SellerHarperCollins

About the author(s)

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

"A mirror image to his most famous work, Brave New World, Huxley’s final novel pens a bright picture of a utopian island society. Its workings and values—from group living to talking birds—offer a brilliant reflection on its times, and an imaginative model of a different way to live." — Forbes

“Island’s warnings about religious fanaticism, the exercise of massive military power, the geopolitical importance of oil and the development of artificial insemination seem extraordinarily prophetic." — The Guardian

“Island remains important and highly enjoyable” — Washington Post Book World

“Huxley’s final word about the human condition and the possibility of the good society. . . . Island is a welcome and in many ways unique addition to the select company of books—from Plato to now—that have presented, in imaginary terms, a coherent view of what society is not but might be.” — New York Times Book Review

“A mirror for modern man. . . . Should be read and reread.” — Saturday Review

“One of the truly great philosophical novels” — The Times (London)

One of the 99 Best Modern Novels — New York Times Book Review