Antic Hay

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Independently Published, 2019 M03 8 - 187 páginas
Huxleys second novel was written in 1923, the story takes place in London, and depicts the aimless or self-absorbed cultural elites in the turbulent times after the end of World War I. The book follows the lives of a set of unusual characters in bohemian, artistic and intellectual circles looking for happiness while everything is going out of control in a ridiculous and comic way. It reinforced Huxley's reputation as an iconoclast. It was condemned for its immorality because of its open debate of sex. The novel was burned in Cairo.

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Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and turned instead to literature, attending Oxford University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963.

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