BRAVE NEW WORLD - GRAPHIC NOVEL
"Brilliant. . . . This rip-roaring graphic retelling of the Aldous Huxley classic brings to mind Fritz Lang, Spielberg and vintage comics. . . . This is a book that will keep your bedside light burning long into the night." -The Guardian
Available for the first time as a graphic novel, "one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the twentieth century" Wall Street Journal , Aldous Huxley's revered classic, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham, the artist behind the graphic novel adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird.
In Aldous Huxley's darkly satiric yet chillingly prescient imagining of a "utopian" future,humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order-all at the cost of their freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also their souls. Originally published in 1932, Brave New World has enthralled and terrified millions of readers for decades and now it has been reborn for a new age.
In Brave New World: A Graphic Novel Fred Fordham's aesthetically reimagined adaptation brings Huxley's powerful work to life. Fordham has captured the surreal imagery and otherworldly backdrop of the story through brilliantly rendered illustrations. His singular artistic vision and impeccable attention to detail depicts the work as never before, introducing it to a new generation of readers in a fresh and compelling way.
Huxley's enduring classic is a reflection and a warning of the age in which it was written yet remains frighteningly relevant today.
Edad recomendada: Adultos jóvenes.
HUXLEY ALDOUS
Aldous Leonard Huxley nació el 26 de julio de 1894 en Godalming, Inglaterra. Fue hijo de Leonard Huxley y Julia Huxley, nieto de Thomas Henry Huxley y hermano del biólogo Julian Huxley. Estudió en Eton College y posteriormente en Balliol College, Oxford, donde se graduó en literatura inglesa. En su juventud sufrió problemas de visión que marcaron su vida. Se desempeñó como poeta, novelista, ensayista y guionista. Contrajo matrimonio con Maria Huxley y luego con Laura Huxley. Escribió más de un centenar de libros de los géneros más diversos, entre los que destacan Un mundo feliz, La isla y Las puertas de la percepción. Murió de cáncer en su residencia de Los Ángeles en 1963, bajo los efectos del LSD que había solicitado su esposa mientras esta le recitaba al oído textos sagrados.
