Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (Perennial Classics)

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (Perennial Classics)

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Now more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring "masterpiece ... one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century" (Wall Street Journal) must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our "brave new world"
Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order--all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine” (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.
"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune
This book also includes the full text of Brave New World Revisited, Huxley's 1958 nonfiction followup to Brave New World.

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Pages
378
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17.85 €

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Ich fand die Idee und die Darstellung der Utopie spannend, das ganze hat sich aber sehr gezogen und war irgendwie langweilig. Leider gar nicht mein Buch

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An sich gelungen!

Wir mussten den Roman im Englischunterricht lesen & da mir der ganze biologische Kram, aber viel zu kompliziert auf Englisch war, bin ich irgendwann auf Deutsch umgeswitcht. Der Weltenbau in dem Roman war wirklich sehr interessant, beispielsweise wie für soziale Stabilität gesorgt werden soll, durch Sex & Materialismus. Es gab aber natürlich auch einige verstörende Szenen, wie die Kinder, welche schon in frühen Jahren sexuelle Handlungen ausführen. Als die Story dann anfing sich um John, Bernard etc. zu drehen & Lenina und Bernard ins Reservat gefahren sind, hat die Spannung auf jeden Fall angezogen. Auch das Ende war nicht wirklich überraschend, aber verständlich. An sich ein ganz okayes Buch ☺️

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