After the Fireworks Three Novellas

Zusatztext “Aldous Huxley endures as one of the most visionary and unusual minds of the twentieth century.” Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext In After the Fireworks , three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World , are collected for the first time, with an original foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award winner Gary Giddins. In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelist?s dangerous affair. ?Uncle Spencer? is the ?exquisite? ( New Statesman ) tale of an aging World War I veteran?s quest for the lost love he met in a prison during the war, and ?Two or Three Graces,? ?probably the thing nearest perfection of all that [Huxley] has done? ( New Statesman ), recounts a destructive writer?s abusive relationship with an impressionable housewife. Now brought back in print for the first time in seventy-five years, the novellas newly collected in After the Fireworks reveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers. Zusammenfassung " After the Fireworks is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to  Brave New World .” —Gary Giddins In After the Fireworks , three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World , are collected for the first time, with an original foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award winner Gary Giddins. In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelist’s dangerous affair. “Uncle Spencer” is the “exquisite” ( New Statesman ) tale of an aging World War I veteran’s quest for the lost love he met in a prison during the war, and “Two or Three Graces,” “probably the thing nearest perfection of all that [Huxley] has done” ( New Statesman ), recounts a destructive writer’s abusive relationship with an impressionable housewife. Now brought back in print for the first time in seventy-five years, the novellas newly collected in  After the Fireworks  reveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers. ...

Product details

• Authors: Aldous Huxley, Gary Giddins
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.02.2017
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780062423924
• ISBN: 978-0-06-242392-4
• Pages: 432
• Dimensions (packing): 13.5 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm
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