Antic Hay

Antic HayAuthor: Aldous Huxley ISBN: 9781513263557 Publisher: Mint Editions Year first published: 13 Aug 2020 Pages: 198 Format: Paperback softback Portraying the revolving clash between class ideals, Antic Hay is a stunning cultural critique on life in London circa 1923. With a sharp comedic edge, author Aldous Huxley delivers a novel of ideas aimed at characterizing the unsettling times following the end of World War I. With over the top characters, and

is one of the first Afrofuturistic novels ever published

as he says in his opening poem "The Tradition of the New

hitherto unknown aspects of Cold War history are revealed

a train has mysteriously disappeared without trace between two stations

Even today

It's an epic journey that will put Anodos' heart and soul to the test

which Brew blames himself for

fantasies requested by guests are fulfilled

When sisters Celine and Pip return to their deceased mother's riverside home

leaves behind everything she knows to follow her lover

a semiotic reading of signs and symbols

important to the poet as a follower of radical anarchist William Godwin