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  1. Brave New World
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Brave New World

    WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAWFar in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society.

    € 13,95
  2. Island
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Island

    For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.

    € 13,95
  3. Brave New World
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Brave New World

    Vintage Quarterbound Classics

    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 wittily but ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. For most of the 1920s Huxley lived in Italy and an account of his experiences there can be found in Along the Road (1925). The great novels of ideas, including his most famous work Brave New World (published in 1932, this warned against the dehumanising aspects of scientific and material 'progress') and the pacifist novel Eyeless in Gaza (1936) were accompanied by a series of wise and brilliant essays, collected in volume form under titles such as Music at Night (1931) and Ends and Means (1937). In 1937, at the height of his fame, Huxley left Europe to live in California, working for a time as a screenwriter in Hollywood. As the West braced itself for war, Huxley came increasingly to believe that the key to solving the world's problems lay in changing the individual through mystical enlightenment. The exploration of the inner life through mysticism and hallucinogenic drugs was to dominate his work for the rest of his life. His beliefs found expression in both fiction (Time Must Have a Stop,1944, and Island, 1962) and non-fiction (The Perennial Philosophy, 1945; Grey Eminence, 1941; and the account of his first mescaline experience, The Doors of Perception, 1954). Huxley died in California on 22 November 1963.

    € 26,50
  4. Time Must Have a Stop
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Time Must Have a Stop

    Sebastian Barnack, a handsome English schoolboy, is on bad terms with his socialist father who disapproves of his hedonistic lifestyle. His education there, thanks to the contradictory influences of his scurrilous Uncle Eustace and a saintly bookseller, is both sacred and profane.

    € 13,95
  5. Heerlijke nieuwe wereld
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Heerlijke nieuwe wereld

    ‘Brave New World is nu echt griezelig dichtbij. Heerlijke nieuwe wereld en 1984 zijn beide wonderlijke literaire toverballen, die met het verstrijken van de tijd telkens weer een andere kleur en ook een andere smaak afgeven. Het bitter begint nu door te komen. Of zoals Harari het samenvat: 1984 is angstaanjagend, Heerlijke nieuwe wereld van Huxley is uiteindelijk nog veel verontrustender.’***** NRC  Een prachtige nieuwe uitgave van een indrukwekkende klassieker, nu met een voorwoord van Yuval Noah Harari en van Margaret Atwood Ver in de toekomst hebben de Wereldchefs de ideale samenleving gecreëerd. Dankzij genetische manipulatie, hersenspoeling en recreatieve seks en drugs zijn alle burgers tevreden consumenten. Bernard Marx lijkt als enige een onbestemd verlangen te koesteren om los te breken. Een bezoek aan een van de laatste reservaten waar het oude, onvolmaakte leven nog steeds bestaat, kan zijn verlossing betekenen. Huxleys briljante, profetische toekomstfantasie werpt een ongenadig licht op het heden en wordt beschouwd als zijn absolute meesterwerk. In de pers ‘Een briljante tour de force. Provocerend, stimulerend, shocking en duizelingwekkend.’ The Observer ‘Aldous Huxley is de grootste eenentwintigste-eeuwse Engelse schrijver.’ Chicago Tribune ‘Een meesterwerk. Een van de meest profetische dystopische boeken.’ The Wall Street Journal

    € 22,99
  6. Brave New World
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Brave New World

    Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...

    € 23,50
  7. THOSE BARREN LEAVES (Cram Edition)
    1. Aldous Huxley

    THOSE BARREN LEAVES (Cram Edition)

    € 32,95
  8. Little Mexican & Other Stories (Cram Edition)
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Little Mexican & Other Stories (Cram Edition)

    € 21,95
  9. Mortal Coils (Cram Edition)
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Mortal Coils (Cram Edition)

    € 19,50
  10. Antic Hay (Cram Edition)
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Antic Hay (Cram Edition)

    € 27,50
  11. Two or Three Graces
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Two or Three Graces

    € 37,50
  12. Two or Three Graces
    1. Aldous Huxley

    Two or Three Graces

    € 26,50