Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
Publisher: Everyman
ISBN: 9781841593593
Number of pages: 264
Dimensions: 210 x 132 x 22 mm
Weight: 416 g
Language: English
A brilliant tour de force, Brave New World may be read as a grave warning of the pitfalls that await uncontrolled scientific advance. Full of barbed wit and malice-spiked frankness. Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling - Observer
One of the most important books to have been published since the war - Daily Telegraph
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'Brave New World' introduces a vision of the future based on universal 'happiness', then proceeds to dissect it's pros and cons through the eyes of a number of key characters. It is the year... More
Not as good as its hype but nevertheless a beautiful written and poetic novel.
Given the reputation of this book I was expecting a complicated in depth insight into modern society highlighting all the flaws, questions and dilemmas of conformity, scientific advances, genetic research and human... More
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