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The theme is pure Huxley: intelligent, open-minded man gets shipwrecked on a remote tropical island where the native population has managed to create a utopia. The man meets a variety of people over a period of days who explain Pala's (the name of the island) unique culture.
Island is a 1962 utopian manifesto and novel by English writer Aldous Huxley, the author's final work before his death in 1963. Although it has a plot, the plot largely serves to further conceptual explorations rather than setting up and resolving conventional narrative tension.
5 sty 2010 · — New York Times Book Review. The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on...
18 godz. temu · Summary. Sujit Saraf’s gripping new novel, ‘Island’, gives a fictional twist to a shocking incident that took place in the Andamans in 2018. Gift this article. Sujit Saraf’s new novel ...
The sixteen exquisitely crafted stories in Island prove Alistair MacLeod to be a master. Quietly, precisely, he has created a body of work that is among the greatest to appear in English in the last fifty years. A book-besotted patriarch releases his only son from the obligations of the sea.
2 cze 2024 · Propulsive, terrifying, and blade-sharp, The Island is the next thrilling adventure from the mastermind behind the award-winning global sensation The Chain, and a family story unlike any you’ve read yet. You should not have come to the island.
According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on fifteen critic reviews, with twelve being "rave" and two being "positive" and one being "mixed". [2] On Bookmarks July/August 2024 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.00 out of 5) from based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "As the Telegraph concludes, Long Island ...
