Eyeless in Gaza

Description

Aldous Huxley’s modernist novel Eyeless in Gaza (1936), despite being largely overshadowed by Brave New World, is often regarded as his finest work. The plot centres on Anthony Beavis, a dilettante social theorist, a man inclined to recoil from life. The pleasures of the physical world disgust him and the universe of ideas is but a poor refuge. Having abandoned the art of intimacy, he betrays friendships and toys with the affections of women. But as Beavis approaches middle age, his world of perfect detachment begins to lose its appeal. Finally realising that his withdrawal from life has been motivated not by intellectual honesty but by moral cowardice, Beavis meets the remarkable and redoubtable Dr Miller. Set during the inter-war years of the 20th century, the story is told in short, dated sections without following strict chronology. This is the original Penguin paperback in good condition.