{"product_id":"brave-new-world-editionfirst-book-aldous-huxley-9789361449345","title":"BRAVE NEW WORLD (Editionfirst)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow more than ever: Aldous Huxley's enduring masterpiece . one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the 20th century (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit in the face of our brave new world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e 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 (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), 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. \u003cem\u003eBrave New World, \u003c\/em\u003ehis 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, \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English. --C\u003cem\u003ehicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also includes the full text of \u003cem\u003eBrave New World Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e, Huxley's 1958 nonfiction followup to \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52619357126929,"sku":"NLS9789361449345","price":28.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52763454963985,"sku":"NIN9789361449345","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789361449345.jpg?v=1761535682","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/brave-new-world-editionfirst-book-aldous-huxley-9789361449345","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}