Crome Yellow - Brossura

Huxley, Aldous

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099461897 ISBN 13: 9780099461890

Casa editrice: Vintage Classics, 2004

Riassunto

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MALCOLM BRADBURY

Denis Stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at Crome, a country house renowned for its gatherings of 'bright young things'. His hosts, Henry Wimbush and his exotic wife Priscilla, are joined by a party of outlandish guests whose intrigues and opinions ensure Denis's attemps to woo the young Anne Wimbush are met with every possible obstacle.

First published in 1921, Crome Yellow was Aldous Huxley's much-acclaimed debut novel.

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Recensione:

"Delightful. Crome Yellow is witty, worldly and poetic" (The Times)

"I find it hard to keep my enthusiasm for Crome Yellow within decent bounds. It is at once irresistibly funny and shrewd in its criticisms of daily life" (Daily Express)

"With a strong, delightful and admirable talent for caricature, Huxley is at his entertaining best in his grimaces at modern movements and at the ridiculous earnestness of the young" (Observer)

"The tone of Huxley's story matches the title: it is a rich, full yellow which suggests the exhilarating glow of summer" (Times Literary Supplement)

Descrizione del libro:

Huxley mocks the fads, foibles and spirit of his time with an unsurpassed wit and brilliance

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• Editore: Vintage Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0099461897
• ISBN 13: 9780099461890
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192