Island

Island

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Aldous Huxley
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“Huxley’s final word about the human condition and the possibility of the good society. . . .Islandis 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 ReviewIslandis a 1962 utopian manifesto and novel by English writer Aldous Huxley, the author's final work before his death in 1963.Islandis a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classicBrave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.In the novel, which 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.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.Although it has a plot, the plot largely serves to further conceptual explorations rather than setting up and resolving conventional narrative tension.Review“A mirror for modern man. . . . Should be read and reread.” — Saturday Review“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“One of the truly great philosophical novels” — The Times (London)One of the 99 Best Modern Novels — New York Times Book Review
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Aldous Huxley
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Англійська
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics
ISBN
9780061561795
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1962

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