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After the Fireworks - by Aldous Huxley & Gary Giddins (Paperback)

After the Fireworks - by  Aldous Huxley & Gary Giddins (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"With a foreword by Gary Giddins"--Front cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong><em>After the Fireworks</em> is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to <em>Brave New World</em>." --Gary Giddins</strong></p><p><strong>In <em>After the Fireworks</em>, three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of<em> Brave New World</em>, are collected for the first time, with an original foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award winner Gary Giddins.</strong></p><p>In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelist's dangerous affair. "Uncle Spencer" is the "exquisite" (<em>New Statesman</em>) tale of an aging World War I veteran's quest for the lost love he met in a prison during the war, and "Two or Three Graces," "probably the thing nearest perfection of all that [Huxley] has done" (<em>New Statesman</em>), recounts a destructive writer's abusive relationship with an impressionable housewife. Now brought back in print for the first time in seventy-five years, the novellas newly collected in <em>After the Fireworks </em>reveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>In <em>After the Fireworks</em>, three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of<em> Brave New World</em>, are collected for the first time, with an original foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award<strong> </strong>winner Gary Giddins. In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelist's dangerous affair. "Uncle Spencer" is the "exquisite" (<em>New Statesman</em>) tale of an aging World War I veteran's quest for the lost love he met in a prison during the war, and "Two or Three Graces," "probably the thing nearest perfection of all that [Huxley] has done" (<em>New Statesman</em>), recounts a destructive writer's abusive relationship with an impressionable housewife. Now brought back in print for the first time in seventy-five years, the novellas newly collected in <em>After the Fireworks </em>reveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<em>Two or Three Graces</em> is probably the thing nearest perfection of all that he has done."--<strong><em>New Statesman</em> UK (on <em>Two or Three Graces</em>)</strong><br><br>"I doubt if there is another living novelist as capable of taking in so much at a glance. . . . Brilliant."--<strong><em>The Spectator</em> UK (on <em>After the Fireworks</em>)</strong><br><br>"It takes an artist of more than usual gifts to produce 137 quietly exquisite pages in order to lead up to such a delightfully ironical tiger-or-lady ending as that of 'Uncle Spencer.'"--<strong><em>Literary Review</em> on (<em>Uncle Spencer</em>)</strong><br><br>"The psychology of the two individuals is shrewdly mastered. . . . <em>After the Fireworks</em> displays on Huxley's part a rare but genuine if elusive sympathy as well as a sound perception of human shortcomings."--<strong><em>New York Times</em> (on <em>After the Fireworks</em>)</strong><br><br>"'After the Fireworks' is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to <em>Brave New World</em>."--Gary Giddins<br><br>"Aldous Huxley endures as one of the most visionary and unusual minds of the twentieth century."--Maria Popova, Brain Pickings<br>

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