Ape And Essence

Authors: Huxley, Aldous
Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics
BISAC/Subject: FIC000000
ISBN: 9781443428569, Related ISBNs: 1443428566, 9781443428569
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 222,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

Similar in theme to his most well-known work Brave New World, Aldous Huxley’s Ape and Essence is a work of dystopian fiction that looks to critique the rise of global warfare in the modern age. Told in two parts, the novel opens in 1948 with the discovery of a screenplay by two movie industry moguls, who then set out on a journey to find the work’s author, William Tallis. The second half of the novel is dedicated to the screenplay itself, launching the reader into a futuristic Los Angeles that has been ravaged by the events of World War III.

Vivid in its imagining of a world marked by barbarism and depravity, Ape and Essence offers a sharp critique of the brutal aftermath that war can bring about¬—thus perfectly representing Huxley’s now acclaimed satirical style.

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