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A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity-these are the elements of Aldous Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live indefinitely. With his customary wit and intellectual sophistication, Huxley pursues his characters in their quest for the eternal, finishing on a note of horror. "This is Mr. Huxley's Hollywood novel, and you might expect it to be fantastic, extravagant, crazy and preposterous. It is all that, and heaven and hell too....It is the kind of novel that he is particularly the master of, where the most extraordinary and fortuitous events are followed by contemplative little essays on the meaning of life....The story is outrageously good."—New York Times. "A highly sensational plot that will keep astonishing you to practically the final sentence."—The New Yorker. "Mr. Huxley's elegant mockery, his cruel aptness of phrase, the revelations and the ingenious surprises he springs on the reader are those of a master craftsman; Mr. Huxley is at the top of his form." —London Times Literary Supplement.
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A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity-these are the elements of HuxleyAIs caustic and entertaining satire on manAIs desire to live indefinitely. A highly sensational plot that will keep astonishing you to practically the final sentence.O -The New Yorker.
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While not exactly a masterpiece, Huxley's "After Many a Summer . . ." is a brilliant literary high-wire act, combining all his usual predilections: Vedanta-inspired philosophical dialogues, poetic digressions, a smattering of ingenious erotica, and a great deal of vitriol to pour over the heads of the materialists, nihilists, and profiteers of the modern age. Among Huxley's most clever inventions in this work must be counted the apocryphal musings of a rakish Earl of the late Enlightenment, whose quest for immortality gives the novel occasion for its final, bleak estimate of human desire-- these exercises in the 18th Century aphorism are both a wonderful evocation of that sensual, godless era and a comic counterpoint to the heroic transcendentalism of the novel's great sage, Propter.
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I'll be a little partial.I love Huxley.I have read and reread this book since the 80's. The dialogues are simply wonderful.You'll love all the characters.Yes it`s a novel of ideas, hope there'll be a lot like this one around now! A short and funny treaty of Misticism versus Cinicism, and a lot more!
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I'll let you read the other reviews for the details. I wish only to add that I read this book more than forty years ago and its images are still bright and clear in my mind to this day.
True, it may not qualify as "a literary masterpiece" in academic circles, but surely the clarity of those images in my mind after all these years qualifies it for some kind of prize! I was delighted to find it back in print.
Huxley may not have had a scientist's clear understanding of Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Indeed the artistic license he took with that theory may well have given many fighting the Creationism vs. Evolution battle some misinformation to fuel their firey debates, but his insights into human nature, his fascination with and revulsion for America and Americans rings as true and insightful today as it did in 1939.
Read this book! It will tickle your funny bone and keep you thinking for decades to come.
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surprising and insightful
Right along with "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley writes with great wit and care. His observations on society and wealth are insightful. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A hilarious black comedy
This is Huxley's "American" novel, in which he manages to lampoon the more outrageous aspects of American popular culture- and in particular California culture- while... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Great Book!
This book was great! I got a feel from the characters and learned a bit about how people think and act! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. März 1998 von mookfarm@bbtel.com
A highly intelligent comedy, full of insightful mini-essays
This is only the second Huxley book that I have read, and I like him even more for it. In a highly intellectual context, he simultaneously analyzes and pokes fun at society. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Januar 1998 veröffentlicht
One of Huxley's best.
This book is one of my favorite Huxley books. The characters are unique and interesting, and it's hard not to learn something from each one of the characters. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. Oktober 1997 veröffentlicht
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