The Doors of Perception: And Heaven and Hell [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Huxley, Aldous

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ISBN 10: 0099458209 ISBN 13: 9780099458203

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2006

Riassunto

Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades.

‘Concise, evocative, wise and, above all, humane, The Doors of Perception is a masterpiece’ Sunday Times

In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gram of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was transformed. Huxley described his experience with breathtaking immediacy in The Doors of Perception.

In its sequel Heaven and Hell, he goes on to explore the history and nature of mysticism. Still bristling with a sense of excitement and discovery, these illuminating and influential writings remain the most fascinating account of the visionary experience ever written.

WITH A FOREWORD J.G. BALLARD

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Recensione:

"Concise, evocative, wise and, above all, humane, The Doors of Perception is a masterpiece" (Sunday Times)

"There is nothing the pen of Huxley touches which it does not illuminate, and as the record of a highly civilised, brilliantly articulate man under the influence of an astonishing drug, The Doors of Perception is a tour de force" (Daily Telegraph)

"You can look at Aldous Huxley and draw parallels with the Beatles: Crome Yellow and Those Barren Leaves were his breakthrough Merseybeat books, Point Counter Point was his 'Revolver', with The Doors of Perception his full-blown Sergeant Pepper trip. Like the Beatles, Huxley had so many ideas in his head that it was natural he would want to expand and experiment. What drugs provided for them both was not escape, but reevaluation" (The Times)

"The Doors of Perception is a poignant book, partly because it reveals the human frailties and yearnings of a very cerebral writer" (Financial Times)

Descrizione del libro:

The profoundly wise and humane account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades.

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• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0099458209
• ISBN 13: 9780099458203
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 144