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Point Counter Point

by Aldous Huxley, Mîna Urgan
Point Counter Point
Point Counter Point

Satirical dissection of 1920s intellectual elite.

If you're intrigued by the Roaring Twenties and enjoy a sharp critique woven through engaging narrative, "Point Counter Point" by Aldous Huxley will pique your interest. Its satirical edge and reflection of historical figures give it a layered complexity that's both challenging and rewarding. It's like time-traveling to an era of intellectual ferment and seeing it through a lens polished with wit and insight.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Point Counter Point

by Aldous Huxley, Mîna Urgan
ISBN: 9781564781314
Authors: Aldous Huxley, Mîna Urgan
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Date of Publication: 2022-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics, Philosophy
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 11987 readers)

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Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of the modern man" in the manner of a composer--themes and characters are repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic. First published in 1928, Huxley's satiric view of intellectual life in the '20s is populated with characters based on such celebrities as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Nancy Cunard, and John Middleton Murry, as well as Huxley himself.
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Satirical dissection of 1920s intellectual elite.

If you're intrigued by the Roaring Twenties and enjoy a sharp critique woven through engaging narrative, "Point Counter Point" by Aldous Huxley will pique your interest. Its satirical edge and reflection of historical figures give it a layered complexity that's both challenging and rewarding. It's like time-traveling to an era of intellectual ferment and seeing it through a lens polished with wit and insight.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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