{"product_id":"eyeless-in-gaza-9780061724893","title":"Eyeless in Gaza","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e author Aldous Huxley's finest and most personal novels, now back in print in a Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, \u003cem\u003eEyeless in Gaza\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one man's quest to find a meaningful life, which leads him from blind hedonism to political revolution to spiritual enlightenment.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A genius . . . a writer who spent his lifetime decrying the onward march of the Machine.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1936--and hailed as his best work--EYELESS IN GAZA is Aldous Huxley's loosely autobiographical novel of one man's search for an alternative to the moral disillusionment of the modern world. Anthony Beavis, a cynical libertine Oxford graduate, comes of age in the vacuum left by World War I. His life, loves, and foreign adventures leave him unfulfilled, until he meets a charismatic doctor who inspires Anthony to become a Marxist and join the Mexican revolution--a disastrous embrace of violence that leaves the doctor with one leg. Shattered by the experience, Anthony forges a new, quasi-Buddhist philosophy that embraces pacifism. EYELESS IN GAZA remains one of Huxley's most enduring novels, a testament to the challenges and rewards of bold, vigorous thinking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuxley, Aldous:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIsland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEyeless in Gaza\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Genius and the Goddess\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as \u003cem\u003eThe Perennial Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Doors of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618292633874,"sku":"9780061724893","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3eac4c94-d795-4335-8472-b920a1ceb6a1.jpg?v=1732530570","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/eyeless-in-gaza-9780061724893","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}