Antic HayOpen Road Media, 2020 M01 14 - 194 páginas A lost generation searches for meaning in chaotic post-WWI London in this satirical novel by the acclaimed author of Brave New World. First published in 1923, Aldous Huxley’s Antic Hay was banned in Australia and burned in Cairo for its frank depiction of bohemian life in the grim and listless aftermath of the Great War. Set in London, the comic novel follows a large cast of artists and intellectuals through their nihilistic yet determined pursuits. But at the center of these colorful characters is the peculiar man behind Gumbril’s Patent Small Clothes. While sitting on the hard oak pews of his school’s chapel, disenchanted schoolmaster Theodore Gumbril Junior fantasizes about a pair of trousers with an inflatable air cushion in the seat to make the endless sermon more tolerable. Deciding on a whim to pursue this absurd invention, Gumbril moves to London and soon finds himself among a circle of cynical poets, would-be artists, and bohemian philosophers. Though a timid romantic, Gumbril fashions a rakish alter ego for himself, “The Complete Man,” as he pursues his fortunes in this scathing satire of British conventionality. |
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Albemarle Aldous Huxley arms artist asked beard beauty began blood Bojanus Boldero Casimir chair charming civilised Coleman Complete Conquistador darkness delicious delighted disgust door earwig El Greco Emily everything eyes face fastidious lady feel feet felt floor forehead gesture governess cart Gumbril looked Gumbril Senior hair hand happy Hecuba horrible Junior kissed knew laughed leaned live Lypiatt Mercaptan Mild and Melancholy mind Monster moustache mouth Myra never nodded old gentleman once opened passion Patent Small Clothes pedalling Pelvey perhaps physiologue Piccadilly Circus picture pink plane trees poor Porteous Prostitute remember repeated Risorgimento Robertsbridge Rosie round seemed Shearwater shook his head shoulders silence sitting Sloane Street slowly smiled spirit gum spoke stood street suddenly talk tell Theodore there's thought Tlacopan trousers turned vermouth Viveash voice walked What's window word young poet