Point Counter Point
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of modernist fiction, Point Counter Point is Aldous Huxley's bold and brilliant satirical novel set in the intellectual and social circles of 1920s London. Structured like a musical composition — its title drawn from the technique of counterpoint — the novel weaves together the lives of over twenty characters, each embodying a distinct philosophy, passion, or moral failure. Huxley dissects the pretensions, hypocrisies, and disillusionment of the British intelligentsia with razor-sharp wit and unflinching psychological insight. Widely considered one of the great novels of ideas, it presents a panoramic and deeply ironic portrait of a society in moral and spiritual crisis, drawing on Huxley's own experiences among the literary elite of his era.
Author: Aldous Huxley
Format: Paperback
Published: 1965, Penguin Modern Classics
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of modernist fiction, Point Counter Point is Aldous Huxley's bold and brilliant satirical novel set in the intellectual and social circles of 1920s London. Structured like a musical composition — its title drawn from the technique of counterpoint — the novel weaves together the lives of over twenty characters, each embodying a distinct philosophy, passion, or moral failure. Huxley dissects the pretensions, hypocrisies, and disillusionment of the British intelligentsia with razor-sharp wit and unflinching psychological insight. Widely considered one of the great novels of ideas, it presents a panoramic and deeply ironic portrait of a society in moral and spiritual crisis, drawing on Huxley's own experiences among the literary elite of his era.