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Synopsis
Aldous Huxley's novel about a young man's slow coming of age during the early decades of the 20th century tells the story of Anthony Beavis, an intelligent boy whose mother dies during his childhood. Disillusioned by the war and further disheartened by the Depression, Anthony leaves England and travels about aimlessly. In Mexico, however, he meets a Scottish physician who expounds an eccentric philosophy based on the Eastern mystics and Western socialism. This imparts a sense of purpose to Anthony, who sets out at the story's close to create a new life for himself in his middle age.
| Size | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 13.6 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "The snapshots had become almost as dim as memories."
Industry Reviews
"Whatever else remains to be said about it, 'Eyeless in Gaza' is the deepest, the most serious, and the most complete novel of [Huxley's] career."
Nation - William Troy (07/11/1936)
"Mr. Huxley is a superb artist in words, and he has something to say. There is no novelist alive whose next book should be awaited with more excitement."
Christian Century - Winfred E. Garrison (10/14/1936)
"In this book Aldous Huxley emerges a moralist, a believer in the efficacy of the spiritual life, in the necessity that one demand of oneself the achievement of the impossible. Peace for the individual, peace for the world itself, only through the individual exercise of love and compassion. That, in essence, is what Aldous Huxley has to say in this novel. And he has said it persuasively and well."
New York Times - J. D. Adams (07/19/1936)
"This new novel is magnificently readable, acutely intelligent, and, in its succession of narrative episodes, humorous, compassionate, and dramatic."
Saturday Review - George Stevens (07/11/1936)
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