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“A mirror for modern man. . . . Should be read and reread.” (Saturday Review )
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In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley 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, and 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.
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I found this book lying in a closed dusty box in the basement where all of my dad's old books are. I had heard tons about The Doors of Perception so decided to give this one a try. If I say that this book changed by whole life it would be saying too much. But if definitely makes me wonder why we, the entire human race, are rotting away to glory when a "formula" for better and more fulfilling way to live is out there for us to take. It's in this very book. After reading this book I doubt there would be anybody who would not question the existing, decadent values and morals that bind us all. What a perfect mixture of eastern and western wisdom! I really recommend that this book should be a part of the curriculum in schools throughout the world. Oh ya the part about the mushrooms in that temple as part of the initiation process and the accompanying Shiva Vedic chants...it really can be the most awesome out of body experience you can have. Trust me I am from India. Bottom Line: Go read it and ask everyone you know to read it too. Spread the message and who knows maybe one day we could all experience Huxley's Utopia.
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I first read this book when I was 15, and it had a profound and lasting influence on my life. Rereading it now, more than twenty years later, I still find it moving.
The characters in this book are a bit too good to be true: nobody is that well-balanced, that reasonable, that much in touch with themselves. And yet, when you read this book, you can't help feeling that people could be that well-balanced, could be that reasonable, could be that much in touch with themselves and with others if only they were given the chance, if only they were given the right sort of upbringing.
I can never decide whether this book is optimistic or pessimistic in its view of life. A little of both, I think. Huxley's optimism about human nature and the human spirit shines through, but it's tinged with a feeling of disappointment and concern for the future.
Read it. It's not some New Age psycho-babble crap. It may not be your cup of tea, but it's definitely worth the time it takes to read it and to think about what it's saying.
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This is truely an amazing book, Aldous Huxley was a genius. Although different from BNW in that the plot is a little slow, the ideas of society and the individual expressed in this book make it one of the most influential books that I ever read. Don't read this book to be entertained, read it to be enlightened.
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great novel, sometimes hard to understand
i'm reading this novel for a scientific thesis and i'm from germany.
aldous huxley sometimes uses strange expressions that i do not understand even when i do a longer research... Lesen Sie weiter...
aldous huxley sometimes uses strange expressions that i do not understand even when i do a longer research... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 15 Monaten von Picknicker veröffentlicht
The wonderful, tragic story of Pala
I am going to give this book the highest score because I read it twice and each time it was a page-turning thrill throughout. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 21 Monaten von KalyanaMitrah veröffentlicht
Great nourishment for the conscious beeing!
Intriguing, splendid writing and one of the best books ever produced, in my opinion. Books like "Island" are still driving discussions about social and economical issues and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 23 Monaten von HowardBeale veröffentlicht
The book is alright but not spetacular
I didn't think that it was very interesting. Personally I really liked Brave New World and exspected alot more then I got out of this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Dezember 1999 von Susan
Fresh fresh fresh...
For me, the most appealing feature of this work was the way Huxley combines great society-changes with personal development and joy. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Entertaining and thought-provoking comment on society
I wouldn't want to live on Huxley's Utopian Pala. I wouldn't be able to watch children starving to death on my 5 t.v. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Dezember 1998 von Paul Seward
Last is not always least
Being Huxley's last novel I was skeptical when I picked it up. Certainly I had no reason to be. Huxley was in top form writing Island. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. August 1998 veröffentlicht
Brilliant!
This book is more than a novel. It is a philosophy and more than anything it is a book about hope, about what we as humans can achieve with just the right viewpoint. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 31. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
Aldous Huxley - a way to intercultural understanding ?!
In recent years I became more and more interested in culture and cultural differences. In order to understand the latter you first of all have to know your own very well and at... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Juni 1998 von w6abka@uni-jena.de
Full with both mystical and political insights. Delightful!
Huxley's unique blend of utopia and appocolypse. This novel is a simultaneous blend of excitement, hope and dread. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
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