{"product_id":"9780062423955","title":"After the Fireworks: Three Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"'After the Fireworks' is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e.” --Gary Giddins, winner of the\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks\u003c\/em\u003e, three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of\u003cem\u003e Brave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, are collected for the first time, with an original foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewinner Gary Giddins. In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelist’s dangerous affair. “Uncle Spencer” is the “exquisite” (\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e) 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” (\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e), 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 \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks \u003c\/em\u003ereveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148176867568,"sku":"9780062423955","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062423955_p0.jpg?v=1763631820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062423955","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}