Harper Collins
Brave New World
Brave New World
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Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley'senduring masterworkmust be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit
"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works."Wall Street Journal
The beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of Brave New World also includes Huxley's essay, "Brave New World Revisited" and features a foreword by Christopher Hitchens
Aldous Huxley'sprofoundlyimportantclassic of world literature,Brave New Worldis a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advancedfuture where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated,and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passivelyupholdan authoritarianruling orderall at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of historys keenest observers of human nature and civilization.
Brave New World,his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgentrelevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as a thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascismduring the 1930s,Brave New Worldlikewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine andpharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.
ISBN 10: 0061767646
Imprint: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
On Sale: January 19, 2010
[A] masterpiece. ... One of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century. Wall Street Journal
As sparkling, as provocative, as brilliant...as the day it was published. Martin Green
One of the 20th centurys greatest writers. Washington Post
Chilling. . . . That he gave us the dark side of genetic engineering in 1932 is amazing. Providence Journal-Bulletin
A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine. The New Yorker
Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English. Chicago Tribune
Huxley uses his erudite knowledge of human relations to compare our actual world with his prophetic fantasy of 1931. It is a frightening experience, indeed, to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time. New York Times Book Review
A sometimes appallingly accurate view of todays world. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Its time for everyone to read or reread Brave New World. Raleigh News & Observer
-Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley'senduring masterworkmust be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit"A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works."Wall Street JournalAldous Huxley'sprofoundlyimportantclassic of world literature,Brave New Worldis a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advancedfuture where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated,and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passivelyupholdan authoritarianruling orderall at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of historys keenest observers of human nature and civilization.Brave New World,his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgentrelevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as a thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascismduring the 1930s,Brave New Worldlikewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine andpharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley'senduring masterworkmust be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit "A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works."Wall Street Journal Aldous Huxley'sprofoundlyimportanNow more than ever: Aldous Huxley'senduring masterworkmust be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit "A masterpiece. . . . One of the most prophetic dystopian works."Wall Street Journal Aldous Huxley'sprofoundlyimportan
