Name: Point Counter Point (in English)
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Author: Huxley, Aldous
ISBN: 9781957990859

portada Point Counter Point (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Aldous Huxley

Publisher

Classic Wisdom Reprint

Language

Inglés

Pages

430

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm

Weight

0.57 kg.

ISBN13

9781957990859

Synopsis "Point Counter Point (in English)"

Point Counter Point is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928. It is Huxley's longest novel and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction.Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with an undergraduate degree in English literature. He began his career publishing poetry and short stories, and he edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry. Later, he published screenplays, travelogues, and satire. He spent most of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He received nine nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature and was named a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962.Huxley was a pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism as well as universalism, addressing these subjects in his works such as The Perennial Philosophy (1945), which illustrates commonalities between Western and Eastern mysticism, and The Doors of Perception (1954), which interprets his own psychedelic experience with mescaline. In his most famous novels, Brave New World (1932) and Island (1962), he presented his visions of dystopia and utopia.

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Leonard Huxley (Godalming, Surrey, 26 de julio de 1894-Los Ángeles, 22 de noviembre de 1963) fue un escritor y filósofo británico que emigró a los Estados Unidos. Miembro de una reconocida familia de intelectuales, es conocido por sus novelas y ensayos, pero publicó también relatos cortos, poesías, libros de viajes y guiones. A través de sus novelas y ensayos, ejerció como crítico de los roles, convenciones, normas e ideales sociales. Se interesó, asimismo, por los temas espirituales, como la parapsicología y el misticismo, acerca de las cuales escribió varios libros. Se le considera uno de los más importantes representantes del pensamiento moderno.

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