Eyeless in Gaza: A Novel
Brand: Harper Perennial
Categories: Books, Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure



Dimensions: 5.31 x 1.15 x 8 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0061724893
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061724890
Print length: 512 pages
Publication date: October 20, 2009
subtitle: Paperback – October 20, 2009
author: Visit Amazon's Aldous Huxley Page search results Aldous Huxley
review: Editorial Reviews Review “An important book . . . Without parallel in our contemporary literature.” — New York Times Book Review “We are, it is safe to say, on the eve of a Huxley revival.” — Los Angeles Times “His best work.” — The Economist “Of Huxley’s 11 novels only Eyeless in Gaza (1936) is a complete artistic success. — Washington Post Book World “Huxley’s finest novel.” — New Statesman “A genius . . . a writer who spent his lifetime decrying the onward march of the Machine.” — The New Yorker From the Inside Flap Eyeless in Gaza offers a counterpoint to the biting cynicism of Huxley's earlier satirical novels, and is considered by many to be his definitive work of fiction. From the Back Cover Written at the height of his powers immediately after Brave New World , Aldous Huxley's highly acclaimed Eyeless in Gaza is his most personal novel. Huxley's bold, nontraditional narrative tells the loosely autobiographical story of Anthony Beavis, a cynical libertine Oxford graduate who comes of age in the vacuum left by World War I. Unfulfilled by his life, loves, and adventures, Anthony is persuaded by a charismatic friend to become a Marxist and take up arms with Mexican revolutionaries. But when their disastrous embrace of violence nearly kills them, Anthony is left shattered—and is forced to find an alternative to the moral disillusionment of the modern world. About the Author 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. Read more