{"product_id":"brave-new-world-revisited-von-aldous-huxley","title":"Brave New World Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAldous Huxley\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eCrome Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by \u003ci\u003eAntic Hay\u003c\/i\u003e (1923), \u003ci\u003eThose Barren Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e (1925) and \u003ci\u003ePoint Counter Point\u003c\/i\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eAlong the Road\u003c\/i\u003e (1925). The great novels of ideas, including his most famous work \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e (published in 1932 this warned against the dehumanising aspects of scientific and material 'progress') and the pacifist novel \u003ci\u003eEyeless in Gaza\u003c\/i\u003e (1936) were accompanied by a series of wise and brilliant essays, collected in volume form under titles such as \u003ci\u003eMusic at Night\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) and \u003ci\u003eEnds and Means\u003c\/i\u003e (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 (\u003ci\u003eTime Must Have a Stop,\u003c\/i\u003e1944, and \u003ci\u003eIsland\u003c\/i\u003e, 1962) and non-fiction (\u003ci\u003eThe Perennial Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, 1945; \u003ci\u003eGrey Eminence\u003c\/i\u003e, 1941; and the account of his first mescalin experience, \u003ci\u003eThe Doors of Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, 1954. Huxley died in California on 22 November 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780099458234\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780099458234","offer_id":39414215901277,"sku":"9780099458234","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/2be7eafc-384b-4e15-be68-1433dd8674dc.jpg?v=1779940935","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/brave-new-world-revisited-von-aldous-huxley","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}