Those Barren Leaves
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
First published in 1925, Those Barren Leaves is a wickedly satirical novel of ideas that skewers the intellectual pretensions and social absurdities of the English upper class. Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of an Italian villa, the novel assembles a cast of artists, philosophers, socialites, and would-be lovers whose conversations and entanglements lay bare the hollowness of modern civilisation. Huxley chronicles their witty yet ultimately futile debates with sharp irony, exposing the gulf between lofty intellectual aspiration and the banality of lived experience. The narrative builds to a quietly devastating conclusion as one character abandons society altogether in search of genuine spiritual meaning — a move that encapsulates the restless questioning that defines all of Huxley's early work. Rich with brilliant dialogue and acerbic social commentary, it stands as one of the finest examples of the interwar British novel of manners.
Author: Aldous Huxley
Format: Paperback
Published: 1961, Penguin Modern Classics
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
First published in 1925, Those Barren Leaves is a wickedly satirical novel of ideas that skewers the intellectual pretensions and social absurdities of the English upper class. Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of an Italian villa, the novel assembles a cast of artists, philosophers, socialites, and would-be lovers whose conversations and entanglements lay bare the hollowness of modern civilisation. Huxley chronicles their witty yet ultimately futile debates with sharp irony, exposing the gulf between lofty intellectual aspiration and the banality of lived experience. The narrative builds to a quietly devastating conclusion as one character abandons society altogether in search of genuine spiritual meaning — a move that encapsulates the restless questioning that defines all of Huxley's early work. Rich with brilliant dialogue and acerbic social commentary, it stands as one of the finest examples of the interwar British novel of manners.