Eyeless in Gaza

Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780060803179.

Amongst the non-canonical novels of the 20th Century, "Eyeless in Gaza" is one of the very finest. Huxleys bold manipulation of chronology-- the backwards-and-forwards movement through the early decades of the century-- gives the book a symphonic undertow; it seems all at once breathless and grandiose. Huxleys psychological acumen has never been Helen is one of his most persuasive and complex female characters, and Anthonys spiritual journey is convincingly elaborate. Not only does "Eyeless in Gaza" have Huxleys trademark highbrow comedy, but a genuine sense of pathos (rarely does Huxley indulge so much sincere emotion in his characters). And the authors eye is particularly cinematic the dog dropped from the aeroplane is one of his most surreally brilliant images. This novel is one of the most compelling attempts to give comprehensive expression to the spiritual condition of European humanity between the War