{"product_id":"island-9780061561795","title":"Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Huxley's final word about the human condition and the possibility of the good society. . . . \u003cem\u003eIsland \u003c\/em\u003eis a welcome and in many ways unique addition to the select company of books--from Plato to now--that have presented, in imaginary terms, a coherent view of what society is not but might be.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final novel from Aldous Huxley, \u003cem\u003eIsland\u003c\/em\u003e is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the outside world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the novel Huxley considered his most important, he transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and--to his amazement--give him hope.\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":50588384461074,"sku":"9780061561795","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ebab341-6c99-4815-99bf-be8988c8fdf0.jpg?v=1732072107","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/island-9780061561795","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}