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Eyeless in Gaza
Aldous Huxley
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Description for Eyeless in Gaza
Paperback. Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative Mary Amberley. Realising that his determined detachment from the world has been motivated not by intellectual honesty but by moral cowardice, he attempts to find a new way to live. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW
Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his best friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative Mary Amberley. Realising that his determined detachment from the world has been motivated not by intellectual honesty but by moral cowardice, Anthony attempts to find a new way to live. Eyeless in Gaza is considered by many to be Huxley's definitive work of fiction.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099458173
SKU
V9780099458173
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About Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was born on 26th July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early twenties, 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 Eyeless in Gaza
A crystal clear and a deeply moving book... Unerringly, Huxley explores the layers of memory, affection and the decline of sexual attraction, asking the unanswerable question of what you do with love after it dies.... his deepest, funniest, most marvellous of novels
Observer
Sardonically humorous, urbane and exquisite in style
Scotsman
The play of ideas and ... Read more
Observer
Sardonically humorous, urbane and exquisite in style
Scotsman
The play of ideas and ... Read more