Eyeless in Gaza: A Novel - Softcover

Huxley, Aldous

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061724890 ISBN 13: 9780061724893

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009

Synopsis

Written at the height of his powers immediately after Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's highly acclaimed Eyeless in Gaza is his most personal novel. Huxley's bold, nontraditional narrative tells the loosely autobiographical story of Anthony Beavis, a cynical libertine Oxford graduate who comes of age in the vacuum left by World War I. Unfulfilled by his life, loves, and adventures, Anthony is persuaded by a charismatic friend to become a Marxist and take up arms with Mexican revolutionaries. But when their disastrous embrace of violence nearly kills them, Anthony is left shattered—and is forced to find an alternative to the moral disillusionment of the modern world.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Eyeless in Gaza offers a counterpoint to the biting cynicism of Huxley's earlier satirical novels, and is considered by many to be his definitive work of fiction.

About the Author:

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061724890
• ISBN 13: 9780061724893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512