{"product_id":"9780060776091","title":"Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited","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\u003e\"Aldous 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021325451504,"sku":"9780060776091","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060776091_p0.jpg?v=1763619598","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060776091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}