Island

<b>For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.|For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.</b><ul><li>Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with Eastern philosophy to create a paradise on earth</li><li>When cynical journalist, Will Farnaby, arrives to research potential oil reserves on Pala, he quickly falls in love with the way of life on the island</li><li>Soon the need to complete his mission becomes an intolerable burden and he must make a difficult choice.In counterpoint to Brave New World and Ape and Essence, in Island Huxley gives us his vision of utopia.WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW|In the whole history of world literature, no writer has been better equipped to create images of false and true utopias than Aldous Huxley</li><li>Even when he has been satirising the false, the true has always been implicit in his work</li><li>We cannot deny Island's brilliance, its learning and its honest attempt to answer the big human questions|In the current climate, the novel's warnings about religious fanaticism, the exercise of massive military power, the geopolitical importance of oil and the development of artificial insemination seem extraordinarily prophetic|One of the truly great philosophical novels</li></ul> For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation.