{"product_id":"antic-hay-9781628975680","title":"Antic Hay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA social satire dissecting morally bankrupt London society just after World War I, from the author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/em\u003e, Aldous Huxley's \u003cem\u003eAntic Hay\u003c\/em\u003e, portrays a world of lost souls madly pursuing both pleasure and meaning. Fake artists, third-rate poets, pompous critics, pseudo-scientists, con-men, bewildered romantics, and cock-eyed futurists all inhabit this world spinning out of control, as wildly comic as it is disturbingly accurate. In a style that ranges from the lyrical to the absurd, and with characters whose identities shift and change as often as their names and appearances, Huxley has here invented a novel that bristles with life and energy, in what \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e called \"a delirium of sense enjoyment!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16417331\"\u003eAldous Huxley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628975680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628975687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC052000\"\u003eSatire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC060000\"\u003eHumorous | Dark Humor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAldous Huxley \u003c\/strong\u003e(1894-1963) was an English writer who spent the latter part of his life in the United States. Though best known for \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, he also wrote countless works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and essays. A humanist, pacifist and satirist, he wrote novels and other works that functioned as critiques of social norms and ideals. Aldous Huxley is often considered a leader of modern thought and one of the most important literary and philosophical voices of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-2020) was the founder of the \u003ci\u003eReview of Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and Dalkey Archive Press, where he published nearly a thousand books in over fifty languages. He held teaching positions at Illinois Benedictine College, the University of Illinois, and the University of Houston-Victoria, among others. He was awarded the Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics' Circle in 2011, and in 2015 was appointed Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts \u0026amp; des Lettres.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45056930971787,"sku":"9781628975680","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_c503237d-79ec-4555-a07e-8fdf193b947a.jpg?v=1767360723","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/antic-hay-9781628975680","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}