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Island (Perennial Classics)

by Aldous Huxley

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ISBN13: 9780060085490
ISBN10: 0060085495
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Published in 1962, the year before his death (which occurred on the same day JFK was assassinated), Island is the antithesis of his earlier-acclaimed Brave New World. Whereas Brave New World describes the epitome of a dystopian future, Island is a richly imagined utopian realm.

Pala, a fictional island, is home to an undisturbed and prospering society — that is, until a skeptical journalist named Will Farnaby is shipwrecked upon its shores. As much a philosophical exposition as it is a novel, Island further expounds upon many of the themes Huxley explored throughout his illustrious career: democracy, modernization, industrialization, overpopulation, ecology, consciousness, psychedelic drugs, and mysticism.

Island's allegorical tale, sadly, seems as relevant today as when it was written nearly a half-century ago. With his trademark wisdom and unyielding insight, Huxley has crafted a hopeful story that should appeal to all who seek a better world.
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In Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala and events begin to move 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.

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"A mirror for modern man. . . Should be read and reread."(Saturday Review)
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About the Author

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was born in Surrey, England, and is the author of many critically acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction, including Crome Yellow, The Doors of Perception and Island.
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ISBN:
9780060085490
Author:
Huxley, Aldous
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Aldous Huxley
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Oceania
Subject:
Journalists
Subject:
Islands
Subject:
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Subject:
Utopian fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Perennial Classics
Series Volume:
no. 80
Publication Date:
August 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
7.96x5.46x.90 in. .61 lbs.
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