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21%OFFAldous Huxley - Ape and Essence - 9780099477785 - V9780099477785
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Ape and Essence

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Description for Ape and Essence Paperback. In February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. It is over a century since the world was devastated by nuclear war, but the blight of radioactivity and disease still gnaws away at the survivors. The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are unprepared for the moral degradation they meet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.

A dystopian classic

In February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. It is over a century since the world was devastated by nuclear war, but the blight of radioactivity and disease still gnaws away at the survivors. The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are quite unprepared for the moral degradation they meet. Ape and Essence is Huxley's vision of the ruin of humanity, told with all his knowledge and imaginative genius.

Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099477785
SKU
V9780099477785
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About Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was born on 26 July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early 20s, but it was his first novel, Crome Yellow (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by Antic Hay (1923), Those Barren Leaves (1925) and Point Counter Point (1928) – bright, brilliant satires in which Huxley ... Read more

Reviews for Ape and Essence
The ultimate horror vision
but one not without humor
Los Angeles Times
Ape and Essence leaves us in mingled respect of the author's intelligence and disgust for the world he had created
Independent
Clever, brutal, thoughtful, original...a nauseating vision of a still-possible future
Anthony Burgess Powerfully moving
Times Literary Supplement
Painfully and ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Ape and Essence


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