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In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and-to his amazement-give him hope.… (altro)
urza: One is utopistic novel, other science fiction full of nanotechnology. Yet, both books left similar feelings in me. The story in both takes place in beautifuly described colorful world. Both deal with human society and both are kind of "brighter side of the life".
P_S_Patrick: These two books both feature drug taking as elements of the plot, alongside mysterious "Enlightenment" religions, and various other minor similarities. Huxley, ironically the sane one of the two authors, is the one whose book advocates the drug taking, while Crowley, the madman, warns against the vice. Surely something must be wrong here. Well, together these books present the for and against of using hallucinogenics, while both preaching for not entirely disimilar causes; Eastern inspired cults/religion/philosophy. "Are both authors delusional?" is the question I asked myself after reading these books. I answered myself, yes. Are both these books interesting? undoubtedly. Huxley far outshines Crowley for writing ability, even though this is surely one of his worse novels, but in the end I think, strange as it may sound, that Crowley's novel is nowhere near as hair brained in its final message as Huxley's, who really ought to know better. Neither of these novels are particularly good, and I am only recommending each to the other due to the shared themes, and the fact that they support opposite sides to the idea of having drugs in society, and should be enjoyed by similar readers.… (altro)
Utente anonimo: Huxley's dystopian Brave New World and utopian Pala share a good deal of common ground. The differences between them are differences of degree rather than of kind. Fascinating to compare, keeping in mind of course that thirty years separate the books.… (altro)
Huxley prova in questo romanzo a coniugare l’eterno sogno del mondo perfetto con il consueto contrappasso delle meschinità dell’uomo. Un ricco uomini di affari naufraga e si trova su un’isola i cui abitanti da anni vivono in una sorta di auto governo basato sulle più elementari regole di buona convivenza. Ed è così che gli abitanti di Pala, il nome dell’isola, scandiscono man mano, i buoni usi e le ottime consuetudini di una civiltà che coniuga semplicità e ricerca, ancorata alla tradizione ma volta ad uno sviluppo sostenibile. Un libro importante per il contesto storico, forse banale oggi, proprio per il rilievo che le tematiche della sostenibilità della crescita hanno assunto negli ultimi anni, fino ad arrivare al paradosso della decrescita felice. Nel finale del libro, in realtà, l’autore cambia la prospettiva introducendo le ambizioni e le violenze dell’uomo che tutto corrompono, compresa l’isola, solo una volta felice, di Pala. La lettura, comunque, no mi ha entusiasmato, ritmo lento, abuso di aggettivi, uno stile inutilmente ridondante. ( )
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In framing an ideal we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities. - Aristotle
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"Attention," a voice began to call, and it was as though an oboe had suddenly become articulate. "Attention," it repeated in the same high, nasal monotone. "Attention."
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The roaring of the engines diminished, the squeaking rhetoric lapsed into inarticulate murmur, and as the intruding noises died away, out came the frogs again, out came the uninterruptable insects, out came the mynah birds. "Karuna. Karuna." And a semi-tone lower, "Attention."
In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and-to his amazement-give him hope.
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